VIGIL

I stayed awake while the world fell asleep/

Watching wolves disguise themselves as sheep/

Everybody wants peace but nobody stands/

Everybody wants change but won't use their hands/

I've seen fear turn kings into cowards/

Seen greed tear apart the strongest towers/

Now the smoke fills the sky and the lines are drawn/

And the few who remain have to carry on.

I won't kneel!

I won't break!

I won't disappear!

I stand vigil!

Through the fire and the rain/

I stand vigil!

Through the loss and through the pain/

When the darkness calls my name/

I refuse to be afraid.

I stand vigil!

I stand vigil!

They can silence a voice but not a movement/

They can slow us down but they can't stop improvement/

Every scar on my skin is a lesson learned/

Every bridge that collapsed left another to burn/

I've been counted out/

I've been left behind/

But pressure creates the strongest minds/

And every setback became another reason/

To keep believing.

I won't bend!

I won't fade!

I won't disappear!

I stand vigil!

Through the fire and the rain/

I stand vigil!

Through the loss and through the pain/

When the darkness calls my name/

I refuse to be afraid.

I stand vigil!

I stand vigil!

METAL:

STAND!

RAP:

When they said we'd fall/

We survived.

METAL:

STAND!

RAP:

When they buried us/

We survived.

METAL:

STAND!

BOTH:

WE ARE STILL HERE!

I stand vigil!

Through the fire and the rain/

I stand vigil!

Through the loss and through the pain/

When the darkness calls my name/

I refuse to be afraid.

I stand vigil!

I stand vigil!

Still standing!