"Dark Winter (Acoustic)" lyrics

The ash piles, a familiar sight today
Black snowflakes in the wind
The yesterdays our callused fingers can't reclaim
Each heavy breath we take is proof
Of daunting war zone paths we didn't want
But to survive, all had to choose

Hold on, hold on
Hold on
The ice will melt, the sun will come

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
'Till they tear and bleed
Dark winter perseveres
Voices screaming together as one:
"We won't take bended knee!"
Dark winter perseveres
And so do we

Contagion burdens our humanity
Where children used to play
Now violence flares, their futures crushed and quarantined
Scattered, we all know what it takes
To weather through the cold, 'cause if we fall
We forfeit too much that's at stake

Hold on, hold on
Hold on
The ice will melt, the sun will come

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
'Till they tear and bleed
Dark winter perseveres
Voices screaming together as one:
"We won't take bended knee!"
Dark winter perseveres
And so do we

Lives are lost, hearts displaced
And no one knows
How many we can save
Far off from home
Frozen still, but one day
We will outgrow
Break through

Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
'Till they tear and bleed
Dark winter perseveres
Voices screaming together as one:
"We won't take bended knee!"
Dark winter perseveres
And so do we