If We're Damned

We're back here again and I thought this time it'd passed
But it's always darkest before the dawn and I am holding on to that
We got it wrong and it seems that they're getting more right
And as the storm clouds all creep in it's getting hard to see the light

But there is hope and we've got enough to go around
There's a light that in the darkness can be found
There's a flame; a beacon that's not going out
There's a cause

And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end

The next act begins as the actors take to the floor
Whether a pantomime or a tragedy the crowd still calls for more
The curtains rise and it seems like everything's changed
But it's just a little bleaker now; the cause remains the same

But there is hope and we've got enough to go around
There's a light that in the darkness can be found
There's a flame; a beacon that's not going out
There's a cause
Yeah, we've something left to fight for

And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end

To the people sleeping rough tonight
Out underneath the cold street lights
And the one's who sing their kids to sleep
Who starve themselves so they might eat

To the people who've been left behind
And the ones we've lost to suicide
To those who don't know what to do
Listen up; this one's for you

To everyone who fought so hard
Now black and blue and battle scarred
To those who thought that we'd give up
We won't sit down we won't shut up

To those who stood and had their say
Who live to fight another day
Hats off to you the bold the brave
All I can say

Is if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend

And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end