So you walk like you've never faltered So you move like you still had faith Head down and a turned up collar Through a string of long, hard days Walking through the darkest passage Though you saw no light ahead And your greatest act of courage Was in taking one more step.
So you raise your voice in sorrow 'Til you heard no other sound Saw nothing but your own shadow With your eyes turned toward the ground And when at last some kindness found you Then it was as though you had slept And the crowd in the dark around you Were all taking one more step.
Oh, the warmest of standing water It may some day come to freeze So you'll tell your sons and your daughters How to live with times like these Tell them when their hearts are frozen To trust their feet instead When there is nothing left but motion And taking one more step.
When we find that we are laughing And we're running in the sun Then we know that we still are breathing And the longest night is done And finally resting from the battle Wondering where our feet have led Amazed at how we traveled By taking one more step.