The Ones Who Left Us

[Verse] When I followed tracks Through the frozen dawn I heard your name in the wire But the wire was gone And the houses burned like lanterns On a river made of ash I kept looking for the sunrise In the places I went back [Chorus] Oh, we rise, we rise through the night With the fire in our lungs and the thunder in our stride Oh, we run, we run till the dawn For the ones who left us, we carry on [Verse] And I asked the wind to hold me I asked the rain to stay But the ones who left us early Only taught the night my name So if you hear me in the silence If you see me in the cold I’m the shadow at the window I’m the story left untold [Chorus] Oh, we rise, we rise through the night With the fire in our lungs and the thunder in our stride Oh, we run, we run till the dawn For the ones who left us, we carry on [Verse] Now the road goes on without me Past the graves and broken pines Every mile a little softer Every memory a sign That the living keep on calling To the ones who cannot turn And we carry all their voices Like a coal that will not burn [Chorus] Oh, we rise, we rise through the night With the fire in our lungs and the thunder in our stride Oh, we run, we run till the dawn For the ones who left us, we carry on [Verse] So I’ll meet you in the morning When the dark has lost its hold Where the lost are not forgotten And the wounded will be told That the ones who left us early Still are written in the sky And I’ll follow till the silence Says your name and answers mine [Chorus] Oh, we rise, we rise through the night With the fire in our lungs and the thunder in our stride Oh, we run, we run till the dawn For the ones who left us, we carry on