Aspera

McKeown Erin

I'm in shambles 
Blown to bits by our troubles 
These brambles 
Our stumblings our struggles 

Aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra! 

It's a forced march 
And I'm parched in denial 
It's a struggle 
Of faith and of fire 

Aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra! 

Walking we are caught, by tiny hooks that hold our hope 
Our skin may be scratched, but nothing holds us back 
I will be brave, my body may change 
But my spirit will stay, I will be brave 

Aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra! 

I'm in shambles 
Blown to bits by our troubles 
These brambles 
Our stumblings our struggles 

Aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra! 
Thorns! over thorns! through this trouble, we are born!