[Verse 1]

The ash piles, a familiar sight today

Black snowflakes in the wind

The yesterdays our callused fingers can't reclaim

Each heavy breath we take is proof

Of daunting war zone paths we didn't want

But to survive, all had to choose

[Pre-Chorus]

Hold on, hold on, hold on

The ice will melt

The sun will come

[Chorus]

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts

Till they tear and bleed

Dark winter perseveres

Voices screaming together as one

We won't take bended knee

Dark winter perseveres

And so do we

[Verse 2]

Contagion burdens our humanity, where childrens used to play

Now violence flares their futures crushed and quarantined

Scattered we all know what it takes

To weather through the cold

'Cause if we fall, we forfeit too much that's at stake

[Pre-Chorus]

Hold on, hold on, hold on

The ice will melt

The sun will come

[Chorus]

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts

Till they tear and bleed

Dark winter perseveres

Voices screaming together as one

We won't take bended knee

Dark winter perseveres

And so do we

[Bridge]

Lives are lost, hearts displaced

And no one knows how many we can save

Far off from home

Frozen still, but one day we will outgrow break through

[Chorus]

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts

Till they tear and bleed

Dark winter perseveres

Voices screaming together as one

We won't take bended knee

Dark winter perseveres

And so do we