Salutations, Memoirs, Denouements

Now that it's come about
We'll be the ones to shout keep steady on the way
We did it for a friend, now we're back at it again
For the ones lost to yesterday
It's in our make up
Part of humanity, we all wonder why
A badge of pride (stand aside)
As we honor the lives of the ones who said goodbye

It's begun and now you're in
What if I gave up instead of fighting knowing life extends
Past the site that's blinded your eyes to the truths that we deny
It's not about you or me
It's about a quest to find simplistic commonality
We've decided for all men alike
In a truth that we design
It's the binding
And through the battles we find where our peace may lie
But through the tears (we arise)
As we honor the lives of the ones we left behind

I've taken good with the bad
And my perspective has changed from the one I had in my mind
I now see through the eyes of the ones I've given life
They are all that now matters now to me
And without a purpose, we are void of all vitality
Emptiness consumed like the night
But through the light we find a way
It's just a segment of entirety
We're all part of one
But as we fall (we arise)
Keeping memories alive of what you gave to us inside

There'll be a strength for when you need to borrow
And you'll be with me in my new beginning and on and on

Don't fall to fear don't compromise
Give it all you got cause in the end time will lay us all down supine
End the storyline, but the actions still remain
Fear brings out nobility
And out of the fear we can combine unite and rise to be
Progression of virtuality
Thru trial we find belief

It's on the horizon
A new reality
We can save ourselves
And when we fall (we arise)
Keeping memories alive
For the one who said goodbye
But through the tears (we arise) as we
Honor the lives of the ones we left behind
A stamp of pride (stand aside)
As we honor the lives of the ones who said goodbye