The armies gather at the border.
Their maps are drawn, the date is clear.
A hundred roads obey one order;
The hour they chose is drawing near.
I carry what they keep in darkness.
I send it east along the wire.
The warning has to cross the silence
And reach the world before the fire.
Across the miles, across the skies,
Beyond the guarded halls of power,
I bring the truth before your eyes.
Don't leave it waiting one more hour.
Before daybreak,
Let the warning rise.
Carry it across the border,
Put the truth before their eyes.
Before daybreak,
While the dawn is ours,
Give them time to face the fire.
Let them live beyond these hours.
They call it rumor in the distance,
A frightened voice they can deny.
But steel is moving while they argue;
It does not wait for their reply.
Lost time becomes another weapon
Against the lives they cannot see.
I'll break the wall they built from silence
With all the breath still left in me.
Across the miles, across the skies,
Beyond the guarded halls of power,
I bring the truth before your eyes.
You cannot buy another hour.
Before daybreak,
Let the warning rise.
Carry it across the border,
Put the truth before their eyes.
Before daybreak,
While the dawn is ours,
Give them time to face the fire.
Let them live beyond these hours.
There's still a world they haven't taken.
There's still a dawn they do not own.
If one clear voice can pierce the silence,
Let no one face that dawn alone.
Before daybreak,
Let the warning rise.
Carry it across the border,
Put the truth before their eyes.
Before daybreak,
While the dawn is ours,
Give them time to face the fire.
Let them live beyond these hours.
Across the wire,
Across the night,
Are you there?