inspired by the Memorial Day post in x.com
The white marble headstones
Are not what I see
I see faces I have known
Flashing before me
I have made a career
Out of freedom fighting
In the dirt, enemy near
The blasts and smoke rising
We bled and survived together
Living with the brutal truth
That not all of are still here
Oh how we remember you
Burned into our souls
So we don't have to write it down
Your names, your faces
YOU, we carry around
Memorial day is our day
Our day of reckoning
Of the price you paid
are we worthy of remembering?
To the gold star families
With an empty place
Our debt, we know your are sampling
that name... that face
A warrior dies twice
Once as the heart is stayed
The second, that day
When their blessed names fade
We must carry their memories
Their names and hold the line
We must retell the hard stories
And then live the freedoms we find
[Verse 1] The white marble headstones Are not what I see I see faces I have known Flashing before me I have made a career Out of freedom fighting In the dirt, enemy near The blasts and smoke rising [Pre-Chorus] We bled and survived together Living with the brutal truth That not all of are still here Oh how we remember you [Chorus] Your names, your faces We carry around Your names, your faces Burned into the ground We carry around We carry around [Verse 2] Memorial day is our day Our day of reckoning Of the price you paid are we worthy of remembering? To the gold star families With an empty place Our debt, we know your are sampling that name... that face [Bridge] A warrior dies twice Once as the heart is stayed The second, that day When their blessed names fade [Final Chorus] Your names, your faces We carry around Your names, your faces Burned into the ground We carry around We carry around [Outro] And so we carry their memories Their names and faces and hold the line And we retell the hard stories And live well the freedoms we find
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