No One Faces the Dark Alone

Hear that knocking? This time... it's us. No one faces the dark alone! New badge. Cold rain. No morning shift. Just hands too far for mine to lift. The years put iron in my aim; They never took away the names. No rescue ends when gunfire dies. I need the daylight in your eyes. Stay near. Keep breathing. Match my stride. You're not an order. You're a life. His orders crawled beneath my skin, My mind awake, locked deep within. I saw my hands become his blade; I bear the scar, but not the blame. I won't spend all my borrowed years Still taking orders from my fears. These hands are mine. This choice is too: I turn toward fear to shelter you. No one faces the dark alone! We're coming back to bring you home. Hold on! Hold on! We're coming through! The ones who made it, back for you. We know the fear. We bear the scars. The hands that find you will be ours. Whatever waits beyond that door - No one faces the dark alone! They call me captain. I hear names. The radio won't sound the same. Each order weighs more than this gun. I count my people, one by one. He sealed the door beneath the sea And left one more sunrise for me. I owe the fallen more than rage. I won't let grief command this day. I put my jacket round her fear, And stayed until she knew: I'm here. No child should have to earn the dawn By proving they can carry on. Give me the blankets, not the praise. Give them their ordinary days. You don't need courage. Borrow mine. Let's get you somewhere warm tonight. No one faces the dark alone! We're coming back to bring you home. Hold on! Hold on! We're coming through! The ones who made it, back for you. We know the fear. We bear the scars. The hands that find you will be ours. Whatever waits beyond that door - No one faces the dark alone! White light. Cold glass. The hours crawl. A fading pulse behind it all. Each failed result becomes a clue, Another way to fight for you. One more test. Adjust. Repeat. Stay with me. Give me one more beat. They built an empire out of death; My victory is one more breath. If my hands start shaking - Then take this hand of mine. If I can't find the way out - We'll find it side by side. We aren't the ones who never break. We're the ones who won't let go! No one faces the dark alone! We're coming back to bring you home. Hold on! Hold on! We're coming through! The ones who made it, back for you. We know the fear. We bear the scars. The hands that find you will be ours. Whatever waits beyond that door - No one faces the dark alone! For the next one. And the next one. And the next one. You can let go of the door now. We've got you.