Never Again
With each forgotten footstep
On each forgotten face
The memory of yesterday
Too awful to erase
The men who raped and shot and stabbed
Allowed to wander free
The men who raped and shot and stabbed
My only family
Each day is like a gift to me
I live the best I can
But I still see the darkness
In the eyes of every man
The number burned into my arm
Is a constant artifact
I've been inside the mouth of hell
And I'm never going back
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
They burst into my bedroom
They took me by the hand
I was just a little kid
I didn't understand
They put my family on a train
We waited patiently
The car was like a sardine can
We couldn't even breathe
I slept through most the train ride
But when I was awake
I looked into my mother's eyes
And watched her fingers shake
The train rolled slowly to a stop
We got off holding hands
They put us in a separate line
I never saw them again
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
We gather to remember
I wish I could forget
The smell of death around me
And the pain of emptiness
Each second is like medicine
I'm thankful for my grandchildren
And for a brand new start
These wings are made of silver
I know it's almost time
I hope that you remember
My reason and my rhyme
The future is a mystery
It's hanging on a choice
Are you just some follower
Or do you have a voice
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
On each forgotten face
The memory of yesterday
Too awful to erase
The men who raped and shot and stabbed
Allowed to wander free
The men who raped and shot and stabbed
My only family
Each day is like a gift to me
I live the best I can
But I still see the darkness
In the eyes of every man
The number burned into my arm
Is a constant artifact
I've been inside the mouth of hell
And I'm never going back
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
They burst into my bedroom
They took me by the hand
I was just a little kid
I didn't understand
They put my family on a train
We waited patiently
The car was like a sardine can
We couldn't even breathe
I slept through most the train ride
But when I was awake
I looked into my mother's eyes
And watched her fingers shake
The train rolled slowly to a stop
We got off holding hands
They put us in a separate line
I never saw them again
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
We gather to remember
I wish I could forget
The smell of death around me
And the pain of emptiness
Each second is like medicine
I'm thankful for my grandchildren
And for a brand new start
These wings are made of silver
I know it's almost time
I hope that you remember
My reason and my rhyme
The future is a mystery
It's hanging on a choice
Are you just some follower
Or do you have a voice
I'm gazing at the graveyard
I'm picking out a rose
The papers say never again
I say I certainly hope so
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Writer(s): Joe Dickinson
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