{"id":1238,"date":"2026-05-26T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1238"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:43:00","slug":"song-of-titus-brandsma-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-titus-brandsma-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Titus Brandsma Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A-Light-Against-the-Storm-Brandsmas-Resistance-Sonauto.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brandsma&#8217;s Resistance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Intro]<br>(Soft church bells toll)<br>(Humming voices)<br>Mm-mm<br>Hallelujah<br>Hmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Small frame<br>Walking through the old Nijmegen halls<br>He wore his robes<br>Deep black wool<br>Gentle blue eyes behind thick glass<br>Searching for the light<br>Holding every hand in need<br>Humble soul<br>Lifting every weary heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>But the shadows grew long<br>Washing over the fields of his home<br>Evil called for his pen<br>Demanding he print their cold hate<br>One voice stood in the gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br><strong>Titus Brandsma<\/strong><br>A light against the storm<br>Titus Brandsma<br>He spoke the truth with courage<br>When the world was torn<br>When the world was torn<br>He was the shield for the broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>The trains moved<br>Carrying him to the wired gates<br>Grey sky<br>Fading to a darker shade<br>Titus smiled at the dying men<br>Whispering the Word<br>In the face of the needle&#8217;s edge<br>Stronger than the chains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>They told him to break<br>Told him silence would save his skin<br>But he pointed above<br>To a kingdom that doesn&#8217;t burn down<br>His spirit is breathing now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Titus Brandsma<br>A light against the storm<br>Titus Brandsma<br>He spoke the truth with courage<br>When the world was torn<br>When the world was torn<br>He was the shield for the broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>He wrote the message in the sand<br>No lie could take the journalist<br>No prison took the priest away<br>His ink was made of blood and grace<br>Faithful witness<br>Courageous heart<br>Until the end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>Titus Brandsma<br>A light against the storm<br>Titus Brandsma<br>He spoke the truth with courage<br>When the world was torn<br>When the world was torn<br>He was the shield for the broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Finale]<br>True to the finish<br>Love wins the war<br>A martyr for the morning<br>Rest in peace<br>Titus<br>Our light<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandsma&#8217;s Resistance [Intro](Soft church bells toll)(Humming voices)Mm-mmHallelujahHmm [Verse 1]Small frameWalking through the old Nijmegen hallsHe wore his robesDeep black woolGentle blue eyes behind thick glassSearching for the lightHolding every hand in needHumble soulLifting every weary heart [Pre-Chorus]But the shadows grew longWashing over the fields of his homeEvil called for his penDemanding he print their cold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}