[Couplet 1]
In an ashen desert, the polar night
Cold ashes, a cooled-down furnace
A sketch scribbled in charcoal on the graphite
Like five layers of black tape over your eyes
Each pupil searches for at least one ray of light
Every body just wants to lie down
But you know yourself what that could lead to
So get up, don’t whine
They say the right leg takes longer strides, and we’re just circling around
But I say: we’ll get there against all odds
There are lights ahead
They’re just not visible yet
While one hand gropes for the fallen’s hand
While the fallen gather strength for a leap
[Chorus]
But I believe the light stripe will come
In this darkness, hopeless like the snow at the poles
New stems will break through the ashes towards the sky
Dew will glisten on the leaves in the rays of dawn
Yes, I believe the light stripe will come
In this darkness, hopeless like the snow at the poles
New stems will break through the ashes towards the sky
Dew will glisten on the leaves in the rays of dawn
[Couplet 2]
We'll have to relearn the skill of seeing
Like a baby learning to walk and talk
We’ll have to reach and achieve
And this night will have to pass and fade
It’s stomping on us with its dirty heel in return
But I won’t give up even the tiniest mark or comma
I’m moving forward like clockwork
And these guys are with me
If someone asks over there
Where soon the dawn’s silver will gleam at our choir’s shout
Where we’ll cast off shadows again
Like a burden that’s become too unbearable
Get up now, damn it
I won’t leave you behind
[Chorus]
The light stripe will come
In this darkness, hopeless like the snow at the poles
New stems will break through the ashes towards the sky
Dew will glisten on the leaves in the rays of dawn
Yes, I believe the light stripe will come
In this darkness, hopeless like the snow at the poles
New stems will break through the ashes towards the sky
Dew will glisten on the leaves in the rays of dawn
[Outro]
Yes, I believe the light stripe will come
In this darkness, hopeless like the snow at the poles
New stems will break through the ashes towards the sky
Dew will glisten on the leaves in the rays of dawn