[Intro]
Ash on the wind
Names in the stone
Guns are silent
But the ground still groans
[Verse 1]
The sirens stopped
Yet the thunder stayed
Hollow helmets
Rust in the shade
Burned-out houses
Wallpaper peeled and charred
Children playing
On a cratered yard
Old men gather
By the twisted rail
Trading stories
Like a holy grail
Silver dog tags
Clinking in their hands
Maps remembered
More than living lands
Flag’s still hanging
But the color’s drained
Mothers counting
What can’t be regained
Empty uniforms
Folded in a drawer
Peace declared
But they’re waging more
[Chorus]
(HEY!) We hear the echoes
Echoes after the fire
Voices marching through the smoke and wire
Ground stopped shaking
But the hearts still roar
We are the echoes
Echoes of the war
[Verse 2]
He wakes at dawn
To the phantom flare
Sees the ceiling
But he’s not quite there
Shadow rifles
Stacked beside his bed
Every heartbeat
Like a step of lead
Kitchen table
Set for one more chair
Glass ring waiting
On the wooden wear
Every joke told
Has a missing laugh
Every photo
One torn half
The market’s busy
But the windows stare
Where the blast once
Opened screaming air
Painted over
Bullet-punctured doors
Fresh white layers
On remembered gore
[Chorus]
(HEY!) We hear the echoes
Echoes after the fire
Voices marching through the smoke and wire
Ground stopped shaking
But the hearts still roar
We are the echoes
Echoes of the war
[Verse 3]
Parade at noon
With the polished boots
Shining metal
Over tangled roots
Speeches tumble
From a trembling stand
Heavy medals
Light in shaking hands
New recruits
In their spotless gear
Eyes like mirrors
Cold with borrowed fear
Older faces
Try to bless the lie
“Never again”
As they aim the sky
Church bells ringing
Over cratered fields
Blessing harvests
From exhausted yields
Every promise
Scratched into the scar
“War is over”
But it’s never far
[Breakdown]
[Drums drop to half-time
Guitars grind in dissonant bends]
We sowed in blood
We reap in names
We drink the dust
Of old campaigns
No trumpet call
Can cleanse this stain
The quiet town
Still chants the slain
[Chanting Chorus]
(HEY!) We are the echoes
(HEY!) We are the roar
(HEY!) Carry the cadence
(HEY!) Of every war
(HEY!) We are the echoes
(HEY!) Lost and reborn
(HEY!) March in the silence
(HEY!) After the storm
[Outro]
Wind through ruins
Whispers through the floor
Peace on paper
In the bones
A war
Footsteps fading
Down a corridor
Soft
Relentless
Echoes of the war