Lyrics
[Intro]
We keep the names where the morning broke
In every bell and every throat
No borrowed tale can wash it clean
No silence stands between what’s seen
[Verse 1]
A paper cup went cold that day
A jacket waited by the doorway
Phones rang out, then lost their breath
Whole rooms learned the shape of death
We saw the dust settle on the names
We saw the fire swallow frames
And every promise made that night
Still asks us who, and why, and why
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t turn the page because it hurts
Don’t dress the wound in polished words
Memory is not a chain
It is the proof beneath the pain
[Chorus]
We remember, we remember
Every name and every September
No, we won’t forgive the ones who planned it
No, we won’t forget the hands behind it
For the fallen, for the torn
For the ones who never made it home
We remember, we remember
Truth stays standing through the weather
[Verse 2]
A child grew up with one less chair
A badge hung quiet by the stairs
A mother folded Sunday clothes
And learned the weight a doorway holds
The headlines changed, the years moved on
But grief kept time from dusk to dawn
You can rebuild the glass and steel
You cannot bargain with what people feel
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t call it healing when it hides
The questions waiting underneath the pride
Memory is not revenge
It draws the line and will not bend
[Chorus]
We remember, we remember
Every name and every September
No, we won’t forgive the ones who planned it
No, we won’t forget the hands behind it
For the fallen, for the torn
For the ones who never made it home
We remember, we remember
Truth stays standing through the weather
[Bridge]
Say the names without a spectacle
Hold the facts where they are difficult
Let the living choose the light
Without erasing what was done that night
No easy peace, no hollow phrase
No clean escape through passing days
We carry grief, we carry proof
And make a vow beneath this roof
[Final Chorus]
We remember, we remember
Every name and every September
No, we won’t forgive the ones who planned it
No, we won’t forget the hands behind it
For the fallen, for the torn
For the ones who never made it home
We remember, we remember
Truth stays standing through the weather
[Outro]
Keep the names where the morning broke
Keep the truth inside the words we spoke
We remember
We do not forget
