(Verse 1)
Gray morning cracked on a downtown sky
Concrete dreams and a lullaby
Coffee cups and a nine-to-five
Didn’t know it was the last goodbye
Windows shook like a warning bell
Sirens started their holy hell
Smoke rose up where the children played
April burned and the light just frayed
(Pre-Chorus)
Who lit the fuse in the heartland ground?
Who turned the quiet into that sound?
(Chorus)
April static in the air
Voices rising through despair
Nineteen ninety-five
Still we fight to stay alive
In the shadow of that day
We carry them, we don’t fade away
(Verse)
Daycare drawings in the rain
Tiny shoes in the rubble and pain
Firefighters with trembling hands
Digging hope from shattered sand
Church bells ringing soft and low
Names on paper we didn’t know
Strangers holding strangers tight
Candles fighting off the night
(Chorus)
April static in the air
Voices rising through despair
Nineteen ninety-five
Still we fight to stay alive
In the shadow of that day
We carry them, we don’t fade away
(Bridge)
Rust on the flagpole, wind blows thin
Where do you start to begin again?
From the wreckage, from the cries
From a mother’s unanswered why
But in the dust a seed was found
Hands together on broken ground
Not just grief but a vow to stand
Heartland blood in the heartland sand
(Pre-Chorus)
Who lit the fuse in the heartland ground?
Who turned the quiet into that sound?
(Chorus)
April static in the air
Voices rising through despair
Nineteen ninety-five
Still we fight to stay alive
In the shadow of that day
We carry them, we don’t fade away
(Chorus)
April static in the air
Voices rising through despair
Nineteen ninety-five
Still we fight to stay alive
In the shadow of that day
We carry them, we don’t fade away
(Outro)
Gray morning breaks, but we remain
Scarred by fire, washed by rain
April nineteen carved in stone
In the heartland we call home.
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