Rise Up, Bright Sun

Rise up, bright sun

Rise up, bright sun; bring back the days again.
Rise up, bright sun; show us your face again.
come calling the leaves back into the trees.
come breaking the ice flows out of the seas.
Rise up, bright sun.

Rise up, bright sun; give us your light again.
Rise up, bright sun; chase back the night again.
come driving the iron-gray out of the sky.
come gather the winds and hammer them dry.
Rise up, bright sun.

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Rise up, bright sun; give us our lives again.
Rise up, bright sun; till spring arrives again.
come burning the snow to rivers of rain.
come turning the ice to oceans of grain.
Rise up, bright sun.

Rise up, bright sun; your children call to you.
Rise up, bright sun; our futures fall to you.
forgive us the days forgotten to fear;
we know it too well this time of the year.
Rise up, bright sun.