[Verse 1] Boots in the dust Maps in my hand Names on a weathered stone I try to understand Wind off the sea Carrying ghosts I trace every ridge and road Where you followed orders the most [Chorus] I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio Low ground Under fire You held the line below Looking up at the high ground where the thunder rolled Like fish in a barrel You still wouldn’t fold I feel the weight The fear you never showed I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio [Verse 2] Old black-and-white Folded Creased You’re just a kid in uniform Staring back at me They say that you joked When the sky went red How did you carry all that terror When you came home you carried it all alone [Chorus] I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio Low ground Under fire You held the line below Looking up at the high ground where the thunder rolled Like fish in a barrel You still wouldn’t fold I feel the weight The fear you never showed I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio [Bridge] Forty-fifth patch on a faded sleeve You helped push a darkness out to sea Liberation written in your scars and seams So I could grow up chasing smaller dreams (oh) Now every story that my grandfather never told Burns a little brighter in this foreign cold [Chorus] I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio Low ground Under fire You held the line below Looking up at the high ground where the thunder rolled Like fish in a barrel You still wouldn’t fold I feel the weight The love inside your soul I’m walking in your footsteps I’m walking in your footsteps at Anzio
