Verse 1

Dust on the road, iron in the sun

A thousand banners, every road undone

Jerusalem waits behind the stone

While distant horns call the restless home

Pre-Chorus

At the dry well, no water left to draw

At every gate, the weight of iron law

Chorus

Hold fast, hold fast, the walls are standing

Hear the earth beneath the armies shake

Hold fast, hold fast, the dawn is breaking

And every heart must choose what it can take

Verse 2

The siege towers rise against the sky

The archers count the hours passing by

A mother folds a cloth around a child