I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Oh, Abraham would raise his hands
And mourn this very day
For his children left the promise land
In search of their own way
They kick and scream like wayward sons
And always wanting to sleep
And dream away these evil days
In hopes that God can't see
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
Do you hear the lion roar?
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
Your suffering will come again
And never fall away
For we trade our many comforts
Like the one who bled for grace
There will come a day my God will come
And put me in my place
My God, I pray
You'll call my name
Instead of turn away
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
Do you hear the lion roar?
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of the Lord
I said:
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
'Cause I bear the marks of God
Do you hear the lion roar?
(Do you hear the lion roar?)
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
I said:
Do you hear the lion roar?
(Do you hear the lion roar?)
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
(Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of the Lord)
And mourn this very day
For his children left the promise land
In search of their own way
They kick and scream like wayward sons
And always wanting to sleep
And dream away these evil days
In hopes that God can't see
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
Do you hear the lion roar?
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
Your suffering will come again
And never fall away
For we trade our many comforts
Like the one who bled for grace
There will come a day my God will come
And put me in my place
My God, I pray
You'll call my name
Instead of turn away
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
There are chains upon your children, Lord
Chains upon your children
Do you hear the lion roar?
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of the Lord
I said:
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
'Cause I bear the marks of God
Do you hear the lion roar?
(Do you hear the lion roar?)
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
I said:
Do you hear the lion roar?
(Do you hear the lion roar?)
Awake O Sleeper
Stand with me; we'll fight the war
Awake O Sleeper
(Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of Jesus
Let no man bring me harm
I bear the marks of the Lord)
Lyrics submitted by g0ld3n
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