Banners of the Fallen

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

I found the old stones where the long fires burned

Ash on my fingers

Names that the winter erased from the wall

Someone carved them deep

So the wind would remember

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

Where did they march from

Did anyone sing them to sleep

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Verse 2

My grandmother told me of riders who came

Bells in the valley

She said they were taller than towers of stone

Iron and oath

And a song they would hum going home

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

What did they leave us

Why does the mountain still grieve

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Now the drums wake the valley again

Bright are the arrows

Old men are standing

Young ones are sworn

We are the answer they never could hear

Pre-Chorus

Rise now

Rise from the quiet

Rise for the ones who fell here

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Bridge

Sing me the long road

Sing me the sorrow

Sing me the morning that comes after war

I am their daughter

I am their echo

I am the promise they died fighting for

Breakdown

Hold the line

Hold the line

Hold the line for them

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Outro

For them

For them

For the heroes of the past