[Verse, low piano motif, restrained male vocal, dark strings] I had watched the guards grow restless in the corners of the yard maps unfolding in their offices voices low and breathing hard Something shifting through the barracks like a storm we could not see every rumor turning slowly toward a fragile destiny Then you found me near the fence line eyes alive with urgent fire speaking softly of an uprising whispered quietly through the wire [Chorus, symphonic metal rise, powerful male vocal] Past the towers waits a minefield sleeping under frozen ground silent teeth beneath the darkness set to tear the fleeing down But if love can light a pathway through that field of hidden flame we will run into the forest calling out each other’s name Better one step toward tomorrow than a life that stays the same [Verse 2, guitar and strings building] Some men speak of fierce revenge others only dream to live but the choice before us now is the only one we’re given For the fences are a prison and the minefield is a test whether hearts can beat with courage stronger than the fear of death And when you spoke of running northward through the forest past the wire something stubborn in my spirit rose like an unseen fire [Chorus, larger orchestral drive] Past the towers waits a minefield cold and waiting in the night every step a silent wager every breath a fragile fight But if love can cross that boundary through the thunder underground we will vanish in the forest where no hunters can be found Better one step into danger than another year unbound [Bridge, slow orchestral build] I know the earth itself may take us before the forest takes our side but a life that waits for nothing is a slower way to die So if death is buried in the soil waiting for our desperate flight I will face it standing with you running straight into the night [Final Chorus, full symphonic metal climax] Past the towers waits a minefield sleeping under frozen ground but our hearts are louder thunder than the traps they buried down If the dawn should rise without us still the world will understand two brave souls chose living freedom hand in trembling hand And if freedom waits beyond the trees we will find it if we can
