[Verse 1] City walls closed in so tight Bread cost more than blood that night Under clouds, black and cruel and deep Filled with horrors we couldn't keep Still... we lived. We didn't sleep. [Verse 2] Leaning on a broken wall We watched the vultures rise and fall Tearing holes across the sky To kill the hope we held inside Before its final breath could die. [Chorus] We terrify them, can't you see? Hope's our only weaponry. Fingers rest on prayer-triggers, tight. Our share of sun is burning light, Is endless thirst in dead of night. [Verse 3] Where our neighbor's house once stood (Only Death inquired if they were good) Their daughter, never a bride, Counts the bullet holes outside Through a window... now denied. [Verse 4] Last night, from ruins close and stark (No wedding march, no hopeful spark) Came moans of pleasure, sharp and low While blasts made all the earth below Shake to a rhythm none should know. At dawn, when cries gave way to air... We smiled. We live. We must be there... [Chorus] We terrify them, can't you see? Hope's our only weaponry. Fingers rest on prayer-triggers, tight. Our share of sun is burning light, Is endless thirst in dead of night. [Bridge] ...To stand as witness, speak it true: "We saw their vows break through. We saw love bloom where ruins grew." The dust is holy now. [Outro Chorus] We terrify them, can't you see? Hope's our only weaponry. Fingers rest on prayer-triggers, tight. We'll testify in burning light, We lived to name this endless night. We bloomed... in spite.
