In a brisk, backward glance to the onlookers eye Another short year has now drifted on by A few moments of bliss and God, still too much pain Come twelve months full cycle and more of the same? But somewhere, its different yes, elsewhere theres haste To render new meaning to chances we waste Like the dreams in our closets and hope in our hearts That both lie unspoken till long past the scars Hold on, hold on when theres resistance Send light from above hold on, hold on she said For though the wall might stand years It will crumble to pieces with love... So these distant transmissions keep seeking my ear And tonight, its clear signal this was no ordinary year... Its days would know rebirth from under the snow When no hint of life was detected or shown Hold on, hold on... The path was uncertain and ridden with thorns As the wizard kept spawning new games Well theres magic in angels and flight in their wings But their power to heal is the sound when they sing... He grew younger in spirit and shifted his role And as sickness withdrew became gentler of soul He sent love to this traveller a love reconciled And nourished a pipeline that strengthens each mile Hold on, hold on... So, in the calm of repose through this holiday time Let no thought intrude on the growth weve defined For if times but a veil oer this journey divine Then a year soon retired saw two hearts find their stride
hold, year, gentler, brisk, onlooker