Before The Dawn

The soil is hard and calloused hands
Seek to heal the barren lands
The apple trees of Eden gone, all gone
Small mouths to feed, his cross to bear
He begs the Lord to help him stand
In his heart for all but gone

A dream of sails, whipping wind
Roaring waves to clense all sins
The call of new horizons awaits

Somewhere across the ocean wide
We hold the promised land in sight
Where we'll reap what we sow
Somewhere across the sands of time
We'll turn water into wine
When hope abandons better know
It's always darkest before the dawn

She sees the pain inside his eyes
How he holds his head up high
Standing firm against the wind oh
She knows they soon will take their leave
Yet her heart forever will be
Tied to the frozen ground within

A breath of air, cold as ice
The war inside is the price
For the journey to the brand new world

Somewhere across the ocean wide
We hold the promised land inside
Where we'll reap what we sow
Somewhere across the sands of time
We'll turn water into wine
When hope abandons better know
It's always darkest before the dawn

Somewhere across the ocean wide
We braved the storm side by side
Out motherland we left behind
Somehow across the ocean wide
We've seen the turning of the tide
Though hope had waned and spirits drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn