Lyrics
You're on the edge of giving up
You know I feel it too
It won't be long because I'm with you
Bring the fire, bring the smoke, bring the rain
We will bend but we will never break
If we believe we can't lose
Even mountains will move
It's my faith, it's my life
This is our battle cry
The can't take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live, if we die
We will shout out our battle cry
Can you hear it
Can you feel it
It seems like no one knows
How you've been feeling
You're hiding all your hopes
You stopped believing
It's not over, we're one step away
We will bend but we will never break
I believe we can't lose
Even mountains will move
It's my faith, it's my life
This is our battle cry
The can't take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live, if we die
We will shout out our battle cry
Can you hear it
Can you feel it
Let it rise like a prayer in the night
Shout for love, shout for hope
Let them hear us
I believe we can't lose
Even mountains will move
It's our faith, it's our life
This is our battle cry
The can't take us down
If we stand our ground
If we live, if we die
We will shout out our battle cry
Can you hear, can you hear
Can you feel, can you feel
Can you hear it
I can feel it
Can you feel it
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Meaning & Inspiration
Battlecry presents faith as a shared refusal to surrender under pressure. Fire, smoke, and rain represent adversity, yet the central promise is that hardship may bend a person without finally breaking that person. The repeated battle cry joins belief, life, love, and hope, giving the song the character of communal encouragement rather than solitary confidence. Its language about standing firm also makes perseverance active: courage is voiced, practiced, and sustained together.
The claim that mountains can move clearly recalls Jesus’ teaching about faith, although the song applies that image to endurance rather than offering a formula for avoiding pain. Prayer appears in the bridge as something rising through the night, joining the calls for love and hope. The contrast between feeling unseen and hearing a collective shout suggests that isolation does not have the final word. Within that pattern, faith becomes the basis for remaining steadfast whether the struggle ends in life or death.
Related Scripture
- Matthew 17:20 Jesus uses a moving mountain as an image of faith.
- Ephesians 6:13 Paul calls believers to stand firm when adversity comes.
- Psalm 42:8 The psalm describes prayer to God during the night.