I'm in shambles Blown to bits by our troubles These brambles Our stumblings our struggles Aspera! Aer aspera! per ardua! Ad astra It's a forced march And I'm parched in denial It's a struggle Of faith and of fire Aspera! Aer aspera! per ardua! ad astra I'm in shambles Blown to bits by our troubles These brambles Our stumblings our struggles Aspera! Aer aspera! per ardua! ad astra Thorns! Tver thorns! through this trouble, we are born