Hold fast hope Hold fast hope Brace for impact, these dark days they will grip and chain you Fight until the prison breaks Face the onslaught of the plague We will fight off the darkness even if it breaks our flesh Flesh and blood will die as we rise above Shadows turn to dust as we rise above Rise! Rise! Rise above we rise! Rise! Rise! Rise above! Hands that I see holding on to me They are pierced from all the suffering on that cursed tree All this suffering momentary harbingers for a weight of glory All my darkest sins and my misery thrown into the depth of the deepest sea Rise! Rise! Rise above we rise! Rise! Rise! Rise above! Hold fast while bracing for impact, its momentary Hold fast while facing the onslaught, its momentary The Author & Finisher has claimed victory Defeated and destroyed the adversary Still coming for me Still coming so Fight! Like we're living out our last days All the blood and tears will just fade To a memory that just slips and fades away Fight! Like we're living out our last days All the blood and tears will just fade To a memory that just slips and fades away Fight! Like we're living out our last days All the blood and tears will just fade To a memory that just slips and fades away Rise! Rise! Rise above we rise! Rise! Rise! Rise above!