[00:44.260]Took us to see[00:48.874]The bodies lying cold on the bedroom floor[00:56.335][00:56.860]Through their thin shrouds[01:00.613]Our parents smiling[01:03.484]As though we'd still wander this way[01:08.021][01:08.693]We wander to the ruins of the house we were born in[01:15.790]Out the backyard, we lay down[01:18.916][01:20.716]Watching the twilight[01:24.778]Which is falling much harder to lie[01:29.221]I'd never seen before[01:32.045][01:38.687]To the friends that we lost[01:42.693]Your bodies paved our roads on the way out of town[01:48.092]And our consciouses carry your memories[01:54.955]Haunting our dreams and weighing sleep down[01:59.855]And we ask, please give us a reason[02:06.465]To lovе our children more than our past[02:11.513]And we pray, plеase give us the strength[02:18.073]To guard these days as though they could be our last[02:25.197][02:25.597]We've seen you hiding in the window[02:30.089]Peering into our dining room watching us break[02:37.075][02:37.578]The last crumbs of bread in this town[02:41.432]Will see till we harvest next year's mistakes[02:48.949][02:49.480]It's true the bitterness burns our tongues[02:54.924]The salty tears can't quench the thirst[03:00.730]But we're thankful to have these mouths at all[03:06.933]Considering desire a blessing[03:10.761][03:18.566]To the ones who will follow[03:22.514]These cities are built on tombstones and gravestone forget[03:29.180][03:30.143]The wills of your parents[03:34.471]Chose to be killed before sold as slaves[03:39.336]And we ask, remember the roundups[03:45.888]The tinkling bells of midnight's [?][03:50.579]and we ask, remember the power of remembering