The Longest Year

Are we still here?

Are we still here?

Are we still here

So many vultures but the doves still gather round us when the sky starts to blush

The longest year

We feel our lungs fill up with lead

It is a heavy time to have a beating heart

And all I know is we are enough

So keep on and keep your head up

There is a stain around us

There is a question hanging loud

Is there any way to get back from where we’ve been?

But it’s quiet in the meadow

There is a bridge right to the sun

There is always a way back to yourself

And all I know is we are enough

So keep on and keep your head up

I know you know it

‘cause we used to sing it

Just hang on, hang on

So for the sleepless mothers

And for the tangled souls and for the brokenhearted

With chests like empty rooms

And for the walking wounded and for the restless sons and for the weary fighters, for everyone…

I know we are enough so keep your head up

I know you know it

‘cause we used to sing it

Just hang on, hang on

I know you know it

‘cause we used to sing it

Just hang on, hang on

The longest year

We took the longest way around

But we’re still here

Shoulders to the wind