Brandsma’s Resistance

[Intro]
(Soft church bells toll)
(Humming voices)
Mm-mm
Hallelujah
Hmm

[Verse 1]
Small frame
Walking through the old Nijmegen halls
He wore his robes
Deep black wool
Gentle blue eyes behind thick glass
Searching for the light
Holding every hand in need
Humble soul
Lifting every weary heart

[Pre-Chorus]
But the shadows grew long
Washing over the fields of his home
Evil called for his pen
Demanding he print their cold hate
One voice stood in the gap

[Chorus]
Titus Brandsma
A light against the storm
Titus Brandsma
He spoke the truth with courage
When the world was torn
When the world was torn
He was the shield for the broken

[Verse 2]
The trains moved
Carrying him to the wired gates
Grey sky
Fading to a darker shade
Titus smiled at the dying men
Whispering the Word
In the face of the needle’s edge
Stronger than the chains

[Pre-Chorus]
They told him to break
Told him silence would save his skin
But he pointed above
To a kingdom that doesn’t burn down
His spirit is breathing now

[Chorus]
Titus Brandsma
A light against the storm
Titus Brandsma
He spoke the truth with courage
When the world was torn
When the world was torn
He was the shield for the broken

[Bridge]
He wrote the message in the sand
No lie could take the journalist
No prison took the priest away
His ink was made of blood and grace
Faithful witness
Courageous heart
Until the end

[Chorus]
Titus Brandsma
A light against the storm
Titus Brandsma
He spoke the truth with courage
When the world was torn
When the world was torn
He was the shield for the broken

[Finale]
True to the finish
Love wins the war
A martyr for the morning
Rest in peace
Titus
Our light