The World on a Brink Lyrics

Well, the tensions rose in '62, a standoff cold and grim

Nuclear shadows hanging tight, the world looked awfully dim

And the bravest faces in the town, they couldn't hide their dread

With two superpowers at the brink, and history in their head

Some folks always say we're free, our fate is ours to choose

But who speaks for the ones who live with nothing left to lose

In the halls of power, the talks went all through the night

A world on the edge of tears, clung to hope with all its might

The gambit played with human lives, a pawn on a chessboard vast

While families huddled close in fear, praying the storm would pass

But it's the will of people strong, that bends the arc of time

On the brink of darkness then, we chose to climb

Now we stand in history's glow, but the lessons burn so deep

With missiles locked away from launch, the price of peace ain't cheap

In every heart the memory stays, of just how close we came

To a world forever changed, to an ever-burning flame

Some will talk of victories, of politics and spies

But the truest win was life itself, beneath uncertain skies

The drums of war, they beat again, echo in the halls

Leaders stand with lines so drawn, while the uncertain call

And the youth with distant eyes, inherit skies turned grey

With talks of fire and fury's path, we fear the break of day

We know leaders play their games, where rhetoric takes its toll

But we're the ones who walk the streets, believing in our soul

Gone the sirens of the past, but new shadows now are cast

Voices rise 'gainst the roar, saying 'We won't fight your war'

We've seen the cost, counted the dead, won't relive the past we dread

'Cause it's the voice of every soul, that pushes back the night

In the face of darkness now, we kindle our own light