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Lyrics to Song: Our Gleam of Hope
To Raoul Wallenberg

Words and music: Ben Olander

In the midst of the black storm
So chokingly black and dense
Came a breeze of cleanest air
To a sparkle of brightest sense.
A flame gave light
So that lies would stand bare,
And no one could crawl behind words
like "entrapped" and "ensnared".

This solitary man amongst us
Now with glory to his name
Became our gleam of hope
In a world of guilt and shame.
Like a cliff in churning water
He stood firm to lead the way
So that no one can deny
Or from truth go far astray.

Salvaging the deserted,
He took his last stand.
No shield upon his arm,
No sword in his hand.
But his words bit like steel
On the slayer’s awkward lies
So with cunning tricks he pulled the victims
Out of their bonding ties.

This solitary man amongst us
Now with glory to his name
Became our gleam of hope
In a world of guilt and shame.
Like a cliff in churning water
He stood firm to lead the way
So that no one can deny
Or from truth go far astray.

When the light poured in,
In freedom’s sacred name
By the twin headed dragon
He was stolen without shame …