Hold Fast Hope

[Verse 1]
How can you be sleeping?
Waves like weapons crash
O'er us, cry for mercy
And hold fast hope

[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 2]
White death wakes in black skies
Mark your maker's wrath
Fear and flames of azure
Climb the crooked mast

[Verse 3]
You will yet be baptized
Steeped in shattered glass
Sink and sing your answer
And hold fast

[Chorus 2]
As strong arms grip your shoulders
Like dead hands of the past
Pray as you're tossed over
This breath could be your last

[Bridge]
Quiet and cold
Silent and slow
Night black as coal
Miles here below

[Verse 4]
Find your faith and dive deep
Through living gateways pass
Lined with death and ivory
And hold fast, hold fast

[Verse 5]
Deep beneath the black dawn
Leagues from lightning's flash
Ribs will raise cathedrals
For the morning mass

[Verse 6]
Steel yourself in sackcloth
Roll your heart in ash
Scrape your skin with steel wool
And hold fast hope

[Outro]
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