Took us to see
The bodies lying cold on the bedroom floor
Through their thin shrouds
Our parents smiling
As though we'd still wander this way
We wander to the ruins of the house we were born in
Out the backyard, we lay down
Watching the twilight
Which is falling much harder to lie
I'd never seen before
To the friends that we lost
Your bodies paved our roads on the way out of town
And our consciouses carry your memories
Haunting our dreams and weighing sleep down
And we ask, please give us a reason
To lovะต our children more than our past
And we pray, plะตase give us the strength
To guard these days as though they could be our last
We've seen you hiding in the window
Peering into our dining room watching us break
The last crumbs of bread in this town
Will see till we harvest next year's mistakes
It's true the bitterness burns our tongues
The salty tears can't quench the thirst
But we're thankful to have these mouths at all
Considering desire a blessing
To the ones who will follow
These cities are built on tombstones and gravestone forget
The wills of your parents
Chose to be killed before sold as slaves
And we ask, remember the roundups
The tinkling bells of midnight's [?]
and we ask, remember the power of remembering