VERSE 1
There’s a place where flags don’t wave
But names remain the wind’s to save
No marble speech, no cannoned pride
Just quiet tears we never dried

They didn’t ask for songs or cheers
They marched alone to mute our fears
They fell where freedom drew the line
So we could speak, so we’d have time

PRE-CHORUS
Their story’s not in books or streams
It’s carved in dirt, and whispered dreams
Where boots were left, and prayers ran thin—
That’s where our reckoning begins

CHORUS
I walk where the silence stands
With nothing but my bare, unworthy hands
I cry the words they never got to write
I bleed respect into the night

Their sacrifice won’t fade to air
I wear their ghosts in every prayer
So let them hear, from soul to sand—
I live because they made that stand

VERSE 2
A brother’s dog tag caught the sun
A daughter's tears weighed more than guns
The cost of truth, the price of peace
Paid quietly so I could speak

No trending thread can touch that grace
No ballot match their empty place
So if I’m loud, it’s not for fame—
It’s just to echo every name

PRE-CHORUS
They’re not the war, they’re not the fight
They are the dawn that brought the light
And if I falter in their wake
Then freedom's just a word we fake

CHORUS
I stand where the silence breathes
Among the rows of broken eulogies
I won’t forget, I won’t pretend
This liberty we have… it ends where they end

My eyes resemble Niagara Falls
My heart pounds like a battle’s call
My soul spreads wide like folded flags—
A quiet shield for all who passed

FINAL CHORUS (quiet first, then rises)
I live where the silence stands
Not in crowds, not in command
Just one voice inside the hush
That freedom, once, was paid in trust

So if they ask what kept me free—
I point to names I’ll never see
And whisper soft into the land…
I walk because *they made the stand*

My eyes resemble Niagara Falls
My heart pounds like a battle’s call
My soul spreads wide like folded flags—
A quiet shield for all who passed

[fade out]

My eyes resemble Niagara Falls
My heart pounds like a battle’s call
My soul spreads wide like folded flags—
A quiet shield for all who passed