Never Forget the Names

Wind through the pines carries old smoke still

Sirens fade but the memory kills

Twenty-four years and the hole don't close

For the ones who ran when the fire rose

Tuesday morning blue sky turned to ash

Planes hit the towers in a hellish flash

Folks trapped high callin' home one last time

Firefighters geared up crossed that line

Engine 54 Ladder 4 Battalion 9

Fifteen brothers lost in the climb

They knew the stairs might be one-way out

But they pulled people free no room for doubt

Never forget the names we whisper low

343 gone in the embers' glow

Families left holdin' empty chairs

Kids growin' up without their prayers

Have you felt that ache in your chest

When the world stopped and we all confessed

We were broken but together we stood

For the heroes who did what they could

Ladder 3 climbed forty floors of flame

Captain Paddy Brown callin' out names

Engine 10 Ladder 10 at Ground Zero ground

Six more brothers never made the sound

Of comin' home to wives and little ones

Left with photos letters and the sun

That rises quiet on a city scarred

But their love and loss hit twice as hard

Time tries to blur the edges of pain

Makes us numb to the sacrifice chain

But remember the widows the kids the tears

The community born from those fears

We owe 'em our stories our endless thanks

For runnin' in when the whole world sank

Never forget the names we carry on

343 lights in the break of dawn

Families survivin' keepin' the flame

Teach the next ones never the same

Have you felt that pull in your soul

When the bells toll and the stories roll

We were broken but their courage mends

Firefighters forever our friends

Yeah... in the quiet when the night gets deep

Hear the echoes of the promise they keep

Never forget never let it fade

Heroes of 9/11 in the light they made