No One Gets Left Behind Ft Clockwork Orchids

[Intro] (Distant radio static... wind... faint emergency siren.) (Whisky, almost whispering.) We said we'd all come home... Every last one of us... ... We were wrong. (A lone electric guitar note rings out.) [Verse 1] Another sunrise... Another name... Another empty chair... Another flame. We carried hope... Like it weighed nothing at all... Until the first brother... Didn't answer the call. [Pre-Chorus] They told us... "Hold the line..." No matter the cost... No matter the time... [Chorus] NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! That's what we swore! Even if Heaven... Locked every door! I'll carry your name! Until my last breath! You're still beside me! Even in death! NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! I still believe! Even if you're... The one... Who had to leave! [Verse 2] The silence screams... Louder than guns. Every tomorrow... Still weighs a ton. I learned that heroes... Don't always survive. Sometimes the strongest... Just barely arrive. [Pre-Chorus] Every promise... Still burns... Like fire... Inside my bones... [Chorus] NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! That's what we swore! Even if Heaven... Locked every door! I'll carry your name! Until my last breath! You're still beside me! Even in death! [Breakdown] (Everything drops except piano and strings.) Tell me... Which one of us... Was supposed to survive? Because nobody handed me... The answer... When I came home. I still hear your voices... When the world goes quiet. I still look over my shoulder... Expecting to see you. I still make coffee... For people... Who aren't here anymore. (A single heartbeat.) [Bridge] (Band explodes back in.) I'M STILL HERE! I DON'T KNOW WHY! I'VE ASKED THE SKY... A THOUSAND TIMES! IF I WAS MEANT... TO LIVE THIS LIFE! THEN HELP ME CARRY... ALL THESE GOODBYES! [Final Chorus] NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! Not while I stand! You'll live forever... In these hands! Every song! Every stage! Every soul! Every page! I BUILT A HOME! FROM ALL OUR DREAMS! THEY'RE STILL ALIVE! INSIDE OF ME! NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND! I GIVE MY WORD! AS LONG AS I'M BREATHING... YOUR VOICES... WILL BE HEARD! [Outro] (Everything fades except acoustic guitar.) They asked me... How I survived... ... I didn't. ... I just kept walking... For the ones... Who couldn't. (Ocean waves... radio static... silence.)