Holding the Dawn
Slip away in darkness
while I hold off the dawn
hide among the tall rocks
and our flesh is stone for now.
Running, running, hiding, weeping
Dawn is coming, light is breaking
over the crest of the valley
We watch from the mountains, from rocks
and we know time is slipping.
No! Run away! Flee far with the night,
I will hold off the dawn
I will stay here and fight
I would rather die than see morning,
fall dead here than live tomorrow,
far away.