No Shelter Safe Enough

[Intro] [Verse 1] We played our game of hide and seek When all the walls would shake My father whispered, “Stay so still” Like rules we had to take My sister hid behind the door My brother held my hand We counted every thunder sound Just like the game we planned [Pre-Chorus] But morning showed the broken walls And smoke across the street The place we thought was safe to hide Was lying at our feet [Chorus] There is no shelter safe enough No door that will not fall The sky can reach us anywhere The sky can break it all There is no shelter safe enough No wall that will defend So we keep running through the dark Again and once again [Verse 2] We slept inside a classroom Three families on the floor The blackboard held old lessons From peaceful days before A baby cried beside us An old man tried to pray The lights above were flickering Like they might fade away [Pre-Chorus] Someone said the school was hit Somewhere across the town And suddenly the safest place Felt smaller than the ground [Chorus] There is no shelter safe enough No door that will not fall The sky can reach us anywhere The sky can break it all There is no shelter safe enough No wall that will defend So we keep running through the dark Again and once again [Bridge] I asked my mother quietly “Where should children go?” She looked across the shattered streets Like she might never know She pulled me close and kissed my hair And held me in the night “If I could build a stronger sky I’d keep you safe inside.” [Solo] [Chorus] There is no shelter safe enough No roof that will remain The sky keeps searching every street Again and once again There is no shelter safe enough But still we try to sleep And hope the night forgets our door And lets the morning keep [Outro] ooh ooh aah aah No Shelter Safe Enough