Lyrics
Verse 1
We were born from the cold and the fire of the North,
Built on the dreams of the ones driven forth.
Hands in the dirt and eyes to the sky,
Voices of thunder that never die.
From oceans wide to the mountain spines,
Our hearts beat loud through electric lines.
Not kings, not crowns, but the people’s vow,
We hold the flame and we hold it now.
Chorus
Hey now Canada, raise your sound,
Shake the earth and the frozen ground.
Stand for truth, don’t kneel or bow,
This is our voice, our country now.
Verse 2
No empire’s chain, no tyrant’s reign,
We rise through struggle, through loss and pain.
From the fields of the East to the Western sea,
The will of the many keeps us free.
We are forged from hearts that never freeze,
From storm and steel and northern trees.
No fear of might, no foreign crown,
We are the wind that won’t stay down.
Chorus
Hey now Canada, raise your sound,
Shake the earth and the frozen ground.
Stand for truth, don’t kneel or bow,
This is our voice, our country now.
Bridge
From the red of the flag to the white of snow,
The roots of our strength still burn below.
Not for wealth, not for war, not for gain,
But for every soul who spoke our name.
Let the broken heal, let the lost be found,
Let the righteous stand on sacred ground.
The North remembers, the North defends,
The song of the free will never end.
Chorus
Hey now Canada, raise your sound,
Shake the earth and the frozen ground.
Stand for truth, don’t kneel or bow,
This is our voice, our country now.
Outro
Oh hearts of the North, keep burning bright,
Through endless dark, through endless night.
We are the storm, we are the flame,
Forever free in our own name.
From sea to sea, from now to then,
We’ll rise, fall, and rise again.
Stand as one, the time is now,
Hey now Canadatake your bow.
