[Verse 1] Where do you go When the day goes quiet Past the gate Past the names in stone You leave a wreath You fold your cap And stand there long With the wind alone [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, is it the flowers Is it the flag half-high Is it the name you speak With a steady, trembling eye Maybe both Maybe neither Maybe just this one truth We remember Those who gave their lives To protect our youth [Chorus] We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Lay it down And say their names We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Quiet hands And hearts that stay [Verse 2] How do you honor What they gave away In the mud, in the smoke In the hard last light Some bring drums and celebrations Some bring silence Some bring fresh-cut roses Fireworks at the start of night [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, is it the thunder Or the folded silence near Is it the standing still When the broken air is clear Maybe both Maybe neither Maybe just this one truth We remember Those who gave their lives To protect our youth [Chorus] We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Lay it down And say their names We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Quiet hands And hearts that stay [Bridge] Fireworks in the dark Can shake the whole sky But a bowed head Can hold the same cry One loud salute One soft prayer Every kind of honor Meets them there [Chorus] We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Lay it down And say their names We remember them We remember them (we remember them) Quiet hands And hearts that stay
