Give Us the Wind

We set out to find something to hold When seeking truth the answer is the road When seeking wisdom the journey is your home Fight through the wind, fight through the rain Fight through the cold We left ourselves behind on dancing wire The loved ones we left back home will be our choir Let the doubters be the stick, the thorn, the brier Fight through the wind, fight through the rain Dance in the fire Don't bless me No, don't bless me We don't want your blessings Don't bless me We don't want your blessings Give me the pen Give me the sword Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall Let us sing a song of beauty as before Give us the wind, give us the wind Give us the storm Pushing back the lake We found something more Like a song in a word Like the heartbreak of birds And there, beneath the sand Looking like the rain We found some God And the will to change We set out to find something to hold When seeking truth the answer is the road When seeking wisdom the journey is your home Fight through the wind, fight through the rain Fight through the cold Give me the pen, give me the sword Let me cut away the darkness, and pin it to the wall Let us sing a song of beauty as before Give us the wind, give us the wind, give us the storm --- Give Us the Wind - Future Islands