Keep firm

“Hold Firm” [Verse 1] The earth will shake beneath the laws Men in power speaking God False compassion, polished lies While truth is hunted from their eyes They will smile and speak of peace While tightening the final leash And many wearing holy names Will help ignite the coming flames [Verse 2] The mark upon the willing mind The hand compelled to fall in line To work, to buy, to stay alive By bowing to the counterfeit And those who will not bend the knee Will taste the world’s hostility Mocked as stubborn, cruel, insane For loving truth more than their names [Chorus] Hold firm, saints of the living God We were never promised comfort here Hold firm when the night grows unbearable When hypocrites become the spear Because we brought nothing to this world And we carry nothing out So let our suffering glorify God Even when hell screams through the crowd [Verse 3] Remember Smyrna in the fire Poor in earth, yet heaven’s desire The prison door, the threat, the blade Yet still they would not be afraid The second church now speaks again But now the warning reaches earth A global storm begins to rise And darkness gathers for the church [Bridge] The world will say “Just compromise” “Just one small step and you survive” But truth has always carried blood Since Abel fell beneath the stones And Christ Himself was hated first By those who claimed to serve the light So do not fear their righteous masks When wolves arrive in sacred white [Final Chorus] Hold firm, saints of the living God Though every system turns against you Hold firm when buying bread costs worship When lies are praised and truth forbidden For after all the pain is finished After the final kingdom falls The ones who stood though trembling deeply Will hear the voice that conquers all © Sergio Eduardo Maurer