The Fire We Carry

Intro

Oh, oh

It burns on

Verse 1

There’s a light in the eyes of my father

Same one I see in my son

Passed down through stories and silence

From battles we never quite won

It lived in the hands of the workers

In fields underneath the hot sun

In mothers who held families together

When everyone else had gone

Pre-Chorus

Every generation leaves a little behind

A name, a scar, a reason to fight

And somewhere inside us the old flame survives

Waiting for its moment to rise

Chorus

This is the fire we carry

The flame that refuses to die

Through every storm, through every winter

We keep holding it high

It’s more than a name or a memory

More than the blood in our veins

We are the dreams of the ones who came before us

Still burning again

This is the fire we carry

Verse 2

There are names carved deep into headstones

And photographs fading with time

Faces I never got to remember

But somehow their stories are mine

They crossed oceans with nothing but courage

Built homes out of timber and stone

They planted their hopes for tomorrow

In a world they would never quite know

Pre-Chorus

They knew they might never see what would grow

Still they planted the seeds anyway

And every new branch reaching into the sky

Carries something they gave

Chorus

This is the fire we carry

The flame that refuses to die

Through every storm, through every winter

We keep holding it high

It’s more than a name or a memory

More than the blood in our veins

We are the dreams of the ones who came before us

Still burning again

This is the fire we carry

Bridge

One day my hands will be older

One day my footsteps will slow

And someone will stand where I’m standing

With farther ahead left to go

So I’ll give them the truth that was given

You don’t need a crown to be strong

Just leave this world a little brighter

And teach someone else to carry on

Break

From hand to hand

From heart to heart

We lose the years

But not the spark

Final Chorus

This is the fire we carry

The light that outlives every name

From those who came long before us

To those who will follow someday

And when my own light grows quieter

I know it won’t disappear

I’ll see it alive in the eyes of another

Still shining long after I’m gone

This is the fire we carry

This is the promise we keep

We are the roots and the branches

Of something much stronger than me