(Verse 1)Oh, the river runs red where the roses once grew,Soft as the songs that the morning once knew.Shadows are creeping where sunlight should be,And the wind only whispers your name back to me. (Chorus)Sing, oh sing, for the lost and the free,For the ones who were never meant to be.They take and they burn, but the embers remain,A love bound in sorrow, a song wrapped in pain. (Verse 2)Once there were hands that would hold without chains,Once there were hearts that could dance in the rain.Now all the stars are too weary to shine,And the moon turns its face from these sorrows of mine. (Chorus)Sing, oh sing, for the lost and the free,For the ones who were never meant to be.They take and they burn, but the embers remain,A love bound in sorrow, a song wrapped in pain. (Bridge)Oh, mercy, oh, mercy, where have you gone?Are you buried in dust or just lost in the dawn?The wolves in the courthouse, they gnash and they grin,And the reaping keeps spinning its cruel violin. (Verse 3)The fiddle still hums, but the hands are now cold,The stories they wrote are no longer retold.Yet deep in the hollows, a melody cries,For those who still sing, though the singer has died. (Chorus - Soft Refrain)Sing, oh sing, for the lost and the free,For the ones who were never meant to be.They take and they burn, but the embers remain,A love bound in sorrow, a song wrapped in pain.
