Hold the line

[Intro] [Marching drums and piano setting a melancholic feeling] [Spoken word, radio] ".....Today brothers and sisters...... we still hold the line in the east.... ....... It has cost us many lives, but the enemy.... has lost even more... Be proud and brave, soldiers! Remember, you fight for the home you will return to... Glory to the brave! Glory to the heroes!" [Verse] Every dawn without sleep through the shelling Another day to survive, no way of telling I march with the weight of the world on my back A heart full of fear, our land under attack I am here for my home, for those I love For strangers I’ll never meet, that i dont know... But every step that I take, I feel the cost For every brother beside me, another one lost... [Instrumental build-up] [Chorus] Hold the line! To see the sunflower bloom... Hold the line! Believe theres a blue sky behind the smoke.... For every soul that never came back For every life that returned home in a bag! Hold the line! When hope is most difficult to find Hold the line! Through the storm within With every step, I’ll keep pressing on I’m a soldier, even when my strength is gone! [Verse] In the quiet moments, when the guns are still I hear the ghosts of war, against my will Faces of friends, who'll never go home Their voices stay, in every battle’s drone. I fight with the fear of not making it back But I can’t let them down, I can’t lose track I push through the pain, the scars unseen But in my heart, I’m torn between [Chorus] Hold the line! To see the sunflower bloom... Hold the line! Believe theres a blue sky behind the smoke.... For every soul that never came back For every life that returned home in a bag! Hold the line! When hope is most difficult to find Hold the line! Through the storm within With every step, I’ll keep pressing on I’m a soldier, even when my strength is gone! [Bridge] The battlefield’s a mirror, reflecting my soul A place where courage and fear take their toll I long for the day when I’ll lay down my gun But until then, I fight for everyone The struggle within is the hardest to bear Knowing that peace is a fragile prayer I fight on, though I’m breaking inside For the promise of peace, for those that have died.... [Instrumental interlude] [Chorus] Hold the line! To see the sunflower bloom... Hold the line! Believe theres a blue sky behind the smoke.... For every soul that never came back For every life that returned home in a bag! Hold the line! When hope is most difficult to find Hold the line! Through the storm within With every step, I’ll keep pressing on I’m a soldier, even when my strength is gone! [Extended Chorus] Hold the line! For the friends who stood by our side, Hold the line! For the tears our families cried. Hold the line! For the children yet to see peace, Hold the line! Until the wars finally cease. Hold the line! For the promises we made, Hold the line! So their sacrifices won’t fade. Hold the line! For the love we left behind, Hold the line! For the strength we’ve yet to find. Hold the line! For the land that gave us our name, Hold the line! To protect it from any flame. Hold the line! For the future we defend, Hold the line! Until this war comes to an end. [Outro] When the war is over, and the battle is done I’ll carry these scars, for everyone But until that day, i will try not to worry A soldier’s burden, my own to carry [End]