The Train

Are we only half alive
Embers drifting in the night
Looking, wandering all the time
We seek a kingdom

This is not my home
This skin and bone
The daylight will reconcile the dead and the gone
Let the kingdom come

Long have we been on the road
But we don’t face these hills alone
Rising from these broken stones
We seek a kingdom

This is not my home
This skin and bone
The daylight will reconcile the dead and the gone
Let the kingdom come

I can see it on your face
Brother, you’ve been bearing the weight
Sister, you are more than they say
There are whispers of a river
Flowing in our veins
The hope of the after
A reckoning day

This is not my home
These aching bones
The fallen, the crucified arise with the dawn
Let the kingdom come

This is not my home
This skin and bone
The daylight will raise to life the dead and the gone
Let the kingdom come

Keep on holding
Keep on holding
Keep on holding
Holding out hope for me

Keep on holding
Keep on holding
Keep on holding
Holding out hope for me

I’m looking to the morning
For though I sit in darkness
He will shine a light on me

I’m looking to the morning
For though I sit in darkness
He will shine a light on me

Though I’m weak, I’m strong
Though I may have fallen
I will rise again

Though I’m weak, I’m strong
Though I may have fallen
I will rise again

And what was sown in weakness
Will be raised again in power
Will be raised up in the light

And what was sown in weakness
Will be raised again in power
Will be raised up in the light

So I’m holding
I am holding
I am holding
Holding out hope for you

Oh, when I was young
Before the war was won
I haunted the metal, the hollow machine
Oh, the mighty guns

Over the battle lines
I heard the rumor rise
I held to the iron with smoke in my lungs
Oh, the raging tide

Oh, and I could feel the pull
Down to the sleep below
‘Cause there ain’t no rest in the fight or the silence
Oh, the crushing blow

Even so, did hope find a way in the fear
And pulled me through the very heart of the deep
And freedom’s song, sweet upon the waves
A hallelujah reaching us where we break

I saw every shattered pane
And every shadow in the waiting
And every fear without a name
I saw every crimson tail light flame

And every step beyond the walls
And truth lay in the street forgotten
But I will not leave you lost
Can you see, I’ve loved you all along

And I, I will find you
I don’t fear the night

And I’ve stared the darkness in the face
And I know the heavy rain
And every sweeping scarlet blade
But they will never close these blazing eyes

I, I will find you
I don’t fear the night
I, I’m burning through
I won’t sleep tonight

Did you know I saw you fall
But did you hear the prayer down the hallway
Or see those headlights shining late
Drawing closer, sure as the coming day

I will find you
Oh, I don’t fear the night
I will find you
Oh, I don’t fear the night

I’m burning through
I won’t sleep tonight
I will find you
I won’t sleep tonight