We've forgotten all of our names In the streets we used to play in When our mothers called us back to sleep In the homes we used to pray in Where I would lay there at your feet Sometimes I think that I might can be the same Again
We've worn out the heavy clothes That our fathers used to grieve in And left them in the empty tomb That my sister first believed in And what's worse is just to know What once was sweetest is now barren in the snow Again
In the nights my thoughts have tried To return and then to reconcile That I have nothing to resist Just contentment of a life less lived And did you know Did you know that you're the only part To twist me by the arm And take me to an answer why