Last Hope to Capital

[Verse 1]
Raider smoke on the horizon
Burned out fence and busted gate
Old man Joe tied up the water
Said, "Son, it's past too late"
He took the map and his rifle
Took the road through ash and stone
Said, "If hope is still breathing
I’m bringin’ it back home"

[Pre-Chorus]
Past the pumps and the cinder fields
Past the rust and fear
He kept one word in his chest
Like a prayer in his ear

[Chorus]
Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
If the walls still stand
We can make it through

Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
Tell the broken land
Someone heard you

[Verse 2]
Up in the tower, the President
In a polished room of glass
Drank rich wine from a silver cup
While the convoy trucks rolled past
He looked at the maps on the table
At the smoke beyond the bay
And chose what hills would be taken
Before the dawn of day

[Pre-Chorus]
While the hungry slept by the fire
And the scared ones hid their names
He played with the fate of the Commonwealth
Like a match in a box of flame

[Chorus]
Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
If the walls still stand
We can make it through

Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
Tell the broken land
Someone heard you

[Bridge]
At the gate, the old man stumbled
With red dust on his sleeve
He said, "I got no crown, no army
Just a reason to believe"
And the room went quiet for a moment
Like the whole world held its breath
When a single hand can move a nation
Or leave it starved to death

[Final Chorus]
Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
If the walls still stand
We can make it through

Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
From the ash and blood
Let the brave come through

Last hope to Capital
Last hope to Capital
Tell the broken land
Someone heard you