Still Hear You Scream (Tribute to Chester)

Turn it up Let him hear it Two thousand, headphones on, I was fifteen and angry Couldn't say it out loud, so a stranger said it plainly Every crack in the voice was a crack in my wall He was screaming the thing I was hiding from all Burned CDs, beat-up car, windows down in the heat Every word that he tore out was a floor for my feet Didn't know him, didn't need to, it was mine when it played Some voices don't leave just because they're away I still hear you scream Through the static and the stars Every wound you sang out loud Gave a name to our scars You were breaking so we wouldn't Now we're louder than the dark I still hear you scream Chester, you gave the broken a place they could stand Turned a fist into a chorus, a fall into a band You carried more than anyone was ever meant to hold And you sang it like a fire so the rest of us weren't cold I wish the noise you gave us had been quiet enough to stay I wish you'd heard the millions singing back your way So here's my voice, it's shaking, but I'm putting it on the line You held up all of us, now let us hold you for a time I still hear you scream Through the static and the stars Every wound you sang out loud Gave a name to our scars You were breaking so we wouldn't Now we're louder than the dark I still hear you scream If you're hurting, say it Somebody is listening Say it! Say it! SAY IT LOUD! Every voice that's been drowning Gets to rise from the crowd I still hear you scream Through the static and the stars You were breaking so we wouldn't Now we're louder than the dark I still hear you scream I still hear you