How Long, Fools of the Earth

[Verse 1]
How long
My God
Will You hide Your face from me
Dark days stack like stones
On my chest
I barely breathe
How long
How long
Will this sorrow fill my mind
Enemies laughing
While I’m breaking from inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Look at me
Answer me
Light up these dying eyes
Or I’ll sleep in the dust
They will dance when I die
[Chorus]
But I will sing in the silence
I will shout through the pain
You are good
You are faithful
Though my hope feels chained
I will trust in Your mercy
When the night won’t break
I will sing
I will sing
Till my heart awakes
[Verse 2]
The fool says deep down
“There is nothing over me”
Rot in their choices
Twisted teeth on the weak
You search for the faithful
But we crawl in rust and greed
Blood on our footsteps
Every mouth a sharpened seed
[Pre-Chorus]
Will You see
Will You rise
From Your holy place
Is there anyone wise
Any honest face
[Chorus]
Still I will sing in the chaos
I will stand in the flame
You are just
You remember
Every stolen name
I will trust in Your promise
Though the proud still reign
I will sing
I will sing
Till You break these chains
[Bridge]
Oh
From Zion let salvation come
Lift Your people
Bring the exiles home (hey!)
When You restore what the thieves have torn
We will laugh
We will rise reborn
[Chorus]
Yeah
I will sing in the silence
I will shout through the pain
You are good
You are faithful
Though my hope feels chained
I will trust in Your mercy
When the night won’t break
I will sing
I will sing
Till my heart awakes

rock, Modern metal / hard rock; low-tuned guitars in a grinding mid-tempo groove, shifting into half-time chugs for impact. Male vocals that move from weary melodic grit in the verses to shouted gang vocals on key lines of the chorus. Drums push with double-kick swells into each hook; bass locks to the riff with a dirty, slightly overdriven tone. Bridge opens into a soaring, almost hymn-like chant over wide chords before slamming back into the main riff for a final, crushing chorus., hard rock, metal