Can't Explain

We carry it… Don’t we… Few things linger longer than a quiet truth Passed down soft from the old to the youth Hands stayed clenched for far too long Now we’re left tryin’ to right what’s wrong We grew up hearin’ stories half-told About what was lost and what was sold Not in flames… not in war-torn skies But in silence… and compromise And it sits there… In the back of your mind… Like a voice you hear… But you leave behind… We will remember… What we tried to forget… We will remember… Every promise unmet… We will remember… Though it cuts like before… We will remember… So it don’t happen anymore… Ink on paper don’t carry the weight Of the people standin’ outside the gate Sign your name, wash your hands But it don’t fix a broken land We were told it was all okay “Just get through it day by day” But the cost keeps rollin’ on Long after the moment’s gone We will remember… What we tried to forget… We will remember… Every promise unmet… We were never invaded… Never burned to the ground… But that don’t mean… We didn’t lose something… You can lose things… Without makin’ a sound… Now the kids ask questions we can’t explain Why things feel different, why there’s this strain We say “it’s better”… we say “we’re fine” But they can hear it between the lines And if we don’t speak it, if we don’t try Then it fades out… and so do we, right? What we forget becomes what we repeat And history don’t rest — it walks the street We will remember… Even when it hurts… We will remember… Every lesson learned… We will remember… Standin’ right here now… We will remember… And we won’t back down… Yeah… We remember…