Footprints in the ash

Burn marks on our backs

Teeth marks on the past

We’re still breathing

Cracked shields

Bloody hands

Dust storms in our chests

Every step

Every stand

Keeps us healing

Stand against the beast

When it calls your name

When it claws your faith

Hold the line

Don’t break

Stand against the beast

When your legs both shake

When your heart might race

Hold the line

Don’t break

Warpaint

Shaking palms

Heartbeats out of sync

Trembling in my arms

Still I move in

Shadows want me small

Echoes beg me back

But I brace for the fall

Lean into the impact

[low vocal register] If not us

Then who?

If not now

Then when?

I’m afraid

Are you?

Good. Stand up again. [crescendo]