A figure on a hill

A shadow in the rain

A shape you can’t outrun

A monster you can’t tame 

A whisper in the air

The echo of a shot

A breath

A tear

A scream

Be still

It’s just a dream

Until it’s not

Don’t get too close to us

You’ll burn

Don’t try to take us down

You’ll learn

You can’t destroy us

Can’t contain us

Nothing on this earth can break us

Shake us

Make us

Lose

Our life

Our pride

Our everything

No matter what you throw at us

We’ll live

And we’ll push through hate and torment like a sieve

Don’t think that for a moment we will die

We won’t

We know that happiness is a lie

And if when we’re alone at night

We cry

You’ll never know

We never die

Or say goodbye

We always survive

When fear is in the air

And darkness hides the light

And all we see is smoke

That’s when we join the fight

The bullets in the wind

The blood upon the ground

No love

Or peace

Or hope

Take care

And you can cope

Until you’re found

Don’t think you’ll make us run

We won’t

Sure, take away the sun

We don’t

Listen to the night

To win the fight

We never will be lost to light

Despite

Our fright

Cold

Upon 

Our skin

We never give in

We never lost a war

We always overcame

We learned to hide our wounds

And push away our pain

We made it to the top

And breathed the air at last

Alone

Above

The clouds

We store

And hide and shroud

Our haunted past

We were the kings and queens

And yet

Nothing is as it seems 

I bet

You thought we had it all

We stood so tall

And yet we cannot help but crawl

We fall

It all

Does

Nothing

To mend

Our lost, betrayed souls

So where did we go wrong?

Did we succumb to pain?

Was the enemy too strong;

Is something else to blame?

Why did we give up life

How could we lose ourselves

When did our spirit change

The last ones standing every time?

We were survivors

You and I 

So where did we go wrong?

We were survivors

You and I

Death-defiers

We chased our desires

Through pain and fire

To the end of the line

When the smoke cleared 

We stood tall

The ones to be feared

When the darkness neared

With shadowed spears

We overcame it all

The last ones standing

Every time

Always landing

Understanding

And demanding

Our reward to the dime

No matter the cost

We’d save ourselves

Never mind what was lost

No price too high

We’d never die

But in the end

How far we fell

We were survivors

You and I 

So where did we go wrong?

The enemy within

The enemy without

A way to end them both

No time to harbor doubt

With nothing left to lose

And everything to gain

A breath

A smile

A choice

We win

A fading voice

Tears fall like rain

I didn’t even understand

In full

What I was doing, the hurt I’d dull

I don’t know how I found the strength

Do you?

I guess it just kind of fell in place

And looking now upon 

Your face

It’s in your eyes

You know ‘twas worth the pain

To remove the stain

“Survivors” is no more our name

We didn’t go wrong

You and I

We only found our way

We did

What needed to be done

And paid the price

In the cold moonlight

Alone, afraid

Some called us brave

Perhaps it was

I don’t really know

Just goes to show

Maybe this was why we survived

What did it cost?

Your life and mine

Was it worth it?

Every time