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We EndureThe fields were fallow, the wells were dryA mother's sorrow begged an unforgiving sky And every day another year dragged by 'Til it seemed that even God had turned his back And just like Mother Earth, we soon would crack But we endured Though the road only got longer, we endured And it seemed to make us stronger Even when the wolves were howling at the door We endured Summer sorrows gave way to winter chills Fever stalked the land 'til it drank its fill Of children sweet as mother's milk Every night another angel earned its wings And it seemed we would not live to face the spring But we endured Though the road only got longer, we endured And it seemed to make us stronger Even when the wolves were howling at the door We endured Our hearts are fragile Our bodies soon unwind We've barely learned to live When we begin to die When your children ask me Why we're even born I say – we are but the tail wind of a storm The thunder echoes loudest when it's gone And we endure Though the road only gets longer, we endure And I swear it makes us stronger Even when the wolves are howling at the door We endure Even when the wolves are howling at the door We endure |