Enduring Echoes

I've seen the lights go out downtown
The paychecks lost, the silence loud
But even when the night runs long
The heart keeps time the pulse, the song
Every voice that spoke in pain
Still hums beneath the falling rain
Echoes endure through every storm
We break, we bend, we still transform
The walls may fall, the truth still warms
Enduring echoes, ever strong
Still we echo, still we breathe
Still we hold what we believe
From factory floors to soldier's homes
The quiet ones rebuild the bones
The ground may shake, the wages fade
But hope's the debt that's never paid
Let the echoes rise through hills and streets
Through every voice that still repeats
We've lost our way, but not our will
The fire inside is burning still
Echoes endure through every storm
Not for fame, not for form
Through every loss, through every wrong
Enduring echoes sing along
Still we echo, still we breathe
Still we rise, still believe
Still we echo, still we breathe
Still we rise, still believe