The echoes of childhood whisper violence   Cold wind beating out of the past   Rage in your throat, muffled silence   Hold on, I will stand fast      In the darkness your guardians had left you / Cold wind…   None to hear your cries, none to defend you / Hold on…      Refrain:   I will stand fast, I will stand fast   You are safe in the daylight at last   Nightmare and fear, they have no power here   I will stand fast      I will listen to the terrors that tried you / …   I will cradle the child that breathes inside you / …      Though you take the shape of a hundred ancient horrors / …   Though you strike at me and flee into your sorrow / …      Refrain      Birds flash upon a branch in winter / …   Ice in the sun begins to splinter / …      You will walk with no fetters to bind you / …   All the love you have wanted will find you / …      Refrain      I will stand fast