Carry the Dawn

[Intro] [Traditional Chant] Rise with the dawn, remember Across the hills, remember [Verse 1] I kept your letter by the window frame Folded beneath the rusted key The ink had faded, but it spoke my name And brought the distant years to me Beyond the pass, where the red leaves fall I heard the old bells call me home I carried every promise through the storm So no one walks that road alone [Pre-Chorus] When the cold wind bends the cedar When the night conceals the flame I will lift the scarred banner I will answer when you call my name [Chorus] We rise, we rise, with the mountain behind us With fire in our hands and the past beside us Let the broken road remember our stride No fear, no surrender, no turning aside We rise, we rise, when the far drums thunder Through the dust and the rain, through the torn sky under If tomorrow demands what we owe to the night We will carry the dawn, we will carry the light [Verse 2] The river cut a silver line below Past fields where winter wheat was sown My brother laughed beside the old stone bridge Before the marching road was known Now every scar is proof we crossed the dark Every loss a bell beneath the skin I hear the ones we loved in every spark And feel their steady strength within [Pre-Chorus] When the last gate shakes with thunder When the walls begin to break I will stand beside my brothers For the vow no storm can take [Chorus] We rise, we rise, with the mountain behind us With fire in our hands and the past beside us Let the broken road remember our stride No fear, no surrender, no turning aside We rise, we rise, when the far drums thunder Through the dust and the rain, through the torn sky under If tomorrow demands what we owe to the night We will carry the dawn, we will carry the light [Bridge] [Traditional Chant] Ho—ya, ho—ya, carry the flame Ho—ya, ho—ya, call out their names [Bridge] Erhu cries above the valley Guzheng rings through fields of gold Every heart that keeps the promise Turns the fear to something bold [Final Chorus] We rise, we rise, with the mountain behind us With fire in our hands and the past beside us Let the broken road remember our stride No fear, no surrender, no turning aside We rise, we rise, let the whole earth thunder Let the old scars open and the brave hearts wonder If tomorrow demands what we owe to the night We will carry the dawn, we will carry the light [Outro] [Traditional Chant] Remember the road Remember the flame We rise together And answer the name