Valerias Last Stand

Instrumental Intro

Chorus

This is the beauty we fight for

Fields that remember the rain

This is the beauty we fight for

Light on a window again

Sing it low sing it long

Sing it for everyone gone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Sing it low sing it long

Oh-oh oh-oh

Verse 1

Morning arrives without asking permission

Smoke on the ridge and a bell in the valley

Somebody's daughter is counting her fingers

Somebody's mother is mending a hem

I carried a banner through mud to the river

Cold in my boots and a hymn in my throat

Angels are singers who never stop singing

Angels are anyone holding a line

Chorus

This is the beauty we fight for

Orchards that outlive the frost

This is the beauty we fight for

Names that were never once lost

Sing it low sing it long

Sing it for everyone gone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Sing it low sing it long

Oh-oh oh-oh

Verse 2

Drums in the distance a heart in a chapel

Every candle a promise I made

Snow on the steeple and blood on the banner

Somebody's brother is learning to pray

Hold the line hold the harvest

Hold the small hands in the dark

If I fall let my sisters keep singing

If I fall let the singing go on

Bridge

We are the weary we are the willing

We are the ones who return

We are the weary we are the willing

We are the bridges that burn

Sing it low sing it long

Sing it for everyone gone

Chorus

This is the beauty we fight for

Rivers that carry us home

This is the beauty we fight for

No one is dying alone

Sing it low sing it long

Sing it for everyone gone

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Sing it low sing it long

Oh-oh oh-oh

Outro

Sing it low

Sing it long

Sing it for everyone gone