Hold Fast Hope

How can you be sleeping? Waves like weapons crash O'er us, cry for mercy And hold fast hope Hope Who of us is cursed, or do we have to ask? Search your souls and hold fast If no one speaks a word, then let the lots be cast Truth be told and hold fast White death wakes in black skies Mark your maker's wrath Fear and flames of azure Climb the crooked mast You will yet be baptized Steeped in shattered glass Sink and sing your answer And hold fast As strong arms grip your shoulders Like dead hands of your past Pray as you're tossed over This breath could be your last Quiet and cold Silent and slow Night black as coal Miles here below Find your faith and dive deep Through living gateways pass Lined with death and ivory And hold fast, hold fast Deep beneath the black dawn Leagues from lightning's flash Ribs will raise cathedrals For the morning mass Steel yourself in sackcloth Roll your heart in ash Scrape your skin with steel wool And hold fast Ribs will raise cathedrals For the morning mass Scrape your skin with steel wool Cross your heart and hold fast hope Hold fast hope Hold fast hope.