The Fight

Through the years I've heard the city cry Somehow I always hoped you'd make it right Today, I watched that hope catch fire Don't ask me now to sit and watch you die I'm sorry for the way your father went I wish there's something more it could have meant But each of us was born to die And now I know that's how the story ends And I know we've had our time I know we've had a chance But I know the fight is already done My father told me once when I was young Oh, a man cannot undo the things he's done But even though you can't go back You change the path by choosing to move on When there's nothing you can do (This city's) When the night weighs down on you (Heart stopped beating) There's a reason you survive (The sun) And as long as you're alive (is in a grave) Then the fight is never really done (Is already done) The hope of man is no machine It's bearing hands of skin and bone And now our time has come If we ever had a chance We will stand against the fire For as long as we can stand If we make it through the night If we live to see the dawn Then we'll search beneath the ashes for the will to carry on I know (This city's heart's still beating) I know (The sun will rise, I swear it) I know, I know (I know the weight you're feeling) I know that's how the fight ends You're strong enough to bear it This city's heart's still beating The sun will rise, I swear it I know the weight you're feeling You're strong enough to bear it