Rédemption - Hope Dies Last lyrics

Love can be beautiful and true
And it's said it is enduring
After what you have put me through
I'm not sure that I agree
Put faith in enemies more than in friends
– they're much less likely to betray
But faith is quick to fade
And when it ends there's
Almost nothing that remains

Faith is quick to die these days
So often misplaced
With emptiness and sorrow
It quietly gives up the ghost
Leaving cynicism grinning in it's wake

Love holds on a little longer
It's death is more violent in the end
With choking sobs we pick up
The pieces and grow
And in time we just might learn to love again

Hope has no plans of going
Quiet into the night
Hope dies screaming and fighting
With all it has hope dies last

There's no dignity or shame when
Hope is put to death
There's no words to soothe
The pain and you'll
Beg for the end to your breath
And yet hope will have you
Coming back for more

Hope has no plans of going
Quiet into the night
Hope dies screaming and fighting
With all it has hope dies last

I am hurt but have not fallen
I am wounded but unslain
I will lay me down and bleed for a while
Then I'll rise and fight again

Is it just being stubborn in
The face of futility?
Is it lack of self-respect? Or is it bravery?
Maybe it's foolish to hold on in vain
But hope is not prepared to lose it's fight
Hope has no plans of going
Quiet into the night
Hope dies screaming and fighting
With all it has hope dies last

It fights without concern for vanity
Dignity is sacrificed to desperation
But it might be the finest part of me
And I'll thank God that hope dies last
Though it's broken and bleeding
Hope dies last