[Verse 1: Male Vocals] Rick wakes alone in a Harrison room, The silence is heavy and filled with the gloom. The 'Don't Open, Dead Inside' doors are all chained, He searches for Carl while the summer has waned. [Pre-Chorus 1: Female Vocals] The world that they knew has been burned to the clay, No iron or bolt keeps the terror at bay. [Chorus 1: Male and Female Duet] We walk through the valley and breathe in the dust, Learning to live is a matter of trust. The heart only beats when there’s something to gain, Beyond just the fear and the weight of the rain. [Verse 2: Female Vocals] The Greene family farm and the Prison are gone, The group is cast out to the edge of the dawn. Michonne grips her blade and she watches the trees, While Daryl’s Stryker is held at his knees. [Pre-Chorus 2: Male Vocals] The fences and guards couldn't hold back the tide, There isn't a corner where anyone can hide. [Chorus 2: Male and Female Duet] The pulse of the living is hollow and deep, With promises made that we’re trying to keep. It isn't enough to just stay in the frame, We have to remember the soul and the name. [Instrumental Break - Melodic Strings and Ambient Piano Swell] [Verse 3: Male Vocals] They follow the tracks to the Terminus gate, With hunger and cold and a hollowed-out fate. The line between man and the walker is thin, As savagery settles deep under the skin. [Pre-Chorus 3: Female Vocals] The cruelty grows in the heat of the chase, Removing the mask from the human race. [Chorus 3: Male and Female Duet] We are the ghosts that are haunting the street, Searching for ground underneath of our feet. A reason to stand and a flickering spark, Is all that will carry us out of the dark. [Bridge 1: Male Vocals] The headlights are bright in the clearing of pine, As Negan brings terror to everyone’s line. The silver three-five-seven stays heavy and still, As Lucille is swung with a murderous will. [Bridge 2: Female Vocals] Carl’s sheriff hat is a crown made of dirt, A legacy born out of struggle and hurt. The coalition rises to build what was lost, Regardless of blood or the ultimate cost. [Verse 4: Male and Female Duet] The communities join in a pact for the soul, To make what was broken now finally whole. A new civilization is blooming once more, As mercy is heard through the rattle of war. [Pre-Chorus 4: Male Vocals] The choice to be better is all that we own, To harvest the seeds that our people have sown. [Final Chorus: Male and Female Duet] It’s more than a pulse and it’s more than a breath, To choose to find life in the middle of death. The strength of the spirit is starting to show, In every direction that we choose to go. [Outro: Male and Female Duet] The walking dead finally rest in the light, The world is reclaimed from the edge of the night. Survival is over, the living remain, Washing away all the sorrow and stain.
