[Verse 1]
Red dirt on my shoes
Grandma’s hands, worn and brave
She said, “Listen when the wind moves
It’s carrying every name it saved”
Old scars in this small town
Stories carved in church bench wood
We fell hard, then we stood
We know better than we did back then
[Chorus]
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Light the road we ain’t walked yet
We’re writing that future, line by line
We won’t forget
From the broken and burned, we rise and we gather
Every truth that we once regret
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Guide us where the sun ain’t set
[Verse 2]
Hvshi yut ishko
Sipokni, but my heart’s still young
We were taught to walk in shadows
Now we’re turning, facing toward the sun
Chaffa, tuklo, we still count
Every choice like beads on a string
What was buried, we bring out
Plant it deep and see what grows in spring
[Chorus]
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Light the road we ain’t walked yet
We’re writing that future, line by line
We won’t forget
From the broken and burned, we rise and we gather
Every truth that we once regret
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Guide us where the sun ain’t set
[Bridge]
[Aggressive bass and guitar riff drops to half-time]
Chahta sia, I still stand
With my people in my hands
Every tear that hit this land
Turned to seeds in the red, red sand
Chahta sia, I won’t run
I’m my mother’s, I’m my son’s
Past behind, but never gone
Hear it echo in the drum, in the drum
[Chorus]
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Light the road we ain’t walked yet
We’re writing that future, line by line
We won’t forget
From the broken and burned, we rise and we gather
Every truth that we once regret
Let the lessons we learned be the answers
Guide us where the sun ain’t set