(Verse 1) They lit the sky with names we knew King in the pulpit, Kirk in the pew But the echo fades when the crowd moves on And you’re left with silence, asking what went wrong I seen caskets painted with love and rage Airbrushed halos on a tear-stained stage Mama died holding my hand, Now I hold this mic like it’s her last stand (Pre-Chorus) They died for nothing, or so it seems But I dream in their names, I bleed their dreams If the world won’t honor what they gave Then I’ll build a movement from their grave (Chorus) I stand for the living, I sing for the gone I carry the torch when the light feels wrong If death don’t answer the questions we scream Then life becomes the protest, the dream I stand for the sister who made it through For the brother who broke but still came true For the child who lived when the fire took one I stand for the living, till the living are done (Verse 2) I lost my first kid, no voice, no vote Now I write verses like a suicide note But I flipped the pain, turned it into proof That grief ain’t the end—it’s the start of truth I seen angels catch babies mid-fall And demons laugh from behind the wall But I still paint shirts, still write the names Still troll the hurt, still spark the flames (Pre-Chorus) They died for nothing, or so it seems But I dream in their names, I bleed their dreams If the world won’t honor what they gave Then I’ll build a movement from their grave (Chorus) I stand for the living, I sing for the gone I carry the torch when the light feels wrong If death don’t answer the questions we scream Then life becomes the protest, the dream I stand for the sister who made it through For the brother who broke but still came true For the child who lived when the fire took one I stand for the living, till the living are done (Bridge) So if you lost someone and you feel like hell Just know that grief is a story to tell And if you ask God why He took your kin He might say, “So you’d finally begin” (Outro) We all gotta stand for something, Even if it’s just the ones who stayed When they die for nothing, We live like their names never fade I stand for the living. I stand for the living. I stand for the living. Till the living are done.
