CATHEDRAL

Brick by brick
Stone by stone
Prayer on prayer
Hope on hope
Pier by pier
Arch by arch
From the plain
A cathedral rose

The people united by a common goal
A building buttressed by uncommon soul
Cathedral rise!
Cathedral rise!

Wall by wall
Bay by bay
Hour by hour
Day by day
Up and up
Towards the sky
Above the city
It soared so high

The faith in their labour rested on a keystone
The windows of stained glass their creators unknown
Cathedral rise!
Cathedral rise!

No one coerced
No one enslaved
No one unwilling
No one afraid
No one imprisoned
No one suppressed
All divinely inspired
To surpass their best

Brick by brick
Stone by stone
In a hundred years
A cathedral rose