Even When

 

Even when dark clouds obliterate the sun

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when the burdens I have to bear make my fingers numb

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when all around me are sounds and sights of suffering and despair

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even when all I see for miles and miles is mortar and flares

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though every weapon known to man may try to deter me 

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though rockets and cannons try to unnerve me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though the future may be colored by many sorrows

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even though there's so much uncertainty about what may happen tomorrow

I will keep the song in my heart alive

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Despite the perils of my journey

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

Even if it threatens my mortality

I will keep the song in my heart alive

For those who are depending on me

I will keep the song in my heart alive

No one can take that away from me

Dedicated to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukranian people, and all the brave souls that have emerged in every devastating war, throughout history, inclusive of wars against poverty, cruelty, genocide, oppression, and injustice.