Here lies the forgotten ones Underneath a thousand suns Caught in the void of silence But straining out in defiance Oh the ones eaten by monsters In the suits with their sponsors Playing on an empty stage And never turned the page Here's to the songs we never sang But we're looking at an empty grave The ones that never rang Nobody played them, nobody saved A dirge for a thing that never was A silent requiem, wrapped in gauze [VERSE 2] Here lies the ones who tried Wearing out the other side Every promise on the wall Never made it down the hall Oh the ones who burned out slow Nobody had to watch them go Fading like a held note does Until nobody knew it was Here's to the songs we never sang But we're looking at an empty grave The ones that never rang Nobody played them, nobody saved A dirge for a thing that never was A silent requiem, wrapped in gauze We are all gathered here Before their light can disappear We won't let them FADE TO BLACK A thousand falling stars With dirty faces just like ours Scream out as they FADE TO BLACK Here's to the songs we never sang But we're looking at an empty grave The ones that never rang Nobody played them, nobody saved A dirge for a thing that never was A silent requiem, wrapped in gauze As they disappear Beneath our tears Scream out as they FADE TO BLACK
