Frozen Hope

[Verse 1]
My hands are rough from digging deep
In frozen ground day after day
I can't remember how they felt
When they could make something to stay

[Chorus]
Can peace still grow in frozen ground?
Will spring return to this cold earth?
Or have I lost the way somehow?

[Verse 2]
There's blood mixed in the morning frost
I count the spaces where friends stood
Each empty place becomes a ghost
Of all the things we meant to do

[Chorus]
Can peace still grow in frozen ground?
Will spring return to this cold earth?
Or have I lost the way somehow?

[Bridge]
Back home there's soil in the garden
Waiting for seeds we could plant
But these hands only know how to harm now
These hands have forgotten what grows
These hands shake when I think about holding
Something that needs to survive

[Verse 3]
The kids back home are waiting still
For someone who knows how to build
But I've been breaking everything
And time won't let the pieces heal

[Chorus]
Can peace still grow in frozen ground?
Will spring return to this cold earth?
Or have I lost the way somehow?
(Have we all lost our way somehow?)

[Outro]
The ground is thawing day by day
I pray my heart will do the same