Em Am D
A hundred people listening to her talk about that generation
Em Am D
She gets standing ovations for the pain that she felt
Em C Am D
Talking about dignity but we'll never understand
Em Am D
It's written in our bloodline but the blood is getting thin
Em
Getting thin
Em Am D
Eyes as testimonial won't be enough to understand
Em Am D
A hundred people talking 'cause the truth would be way too hard to bear
Em C Am D
She learned to leave the hate a very long time ago
Em Am D
But hate comes back in waves when people start to forget
Em
To forget
Am D
So if this is our legacy
Em
We shouldn't leave it behind
Am D Em
A dark old ancestry that follows all the time
C D G G9 Em
It's written in our melodies in everything we built
C D Em
It's not just any tragedy the story tells
Em Am D
In the middle of those old places we find hair and shoes and teeth
Em Am D
This is part of a reality we are never able to see
Em C Am D
Still those faces talk to us "You're alive, your kids are free"
Em Am D
How can this be a liability, why do we stop to learn from hell
Em
Learn from hell
Em Am D
Eyes filled with memories where do they end and darkness begin
Em Am D
As long as we are hating it'll turn and consume us in the end
Em C Am D
And still some will stay seated and the dark will take their hand
Em Am D
They hear every word she said but they don't feel, don't understand
Em
Don't understand, oh
Am D
So if this is our legacy
Em
We shouldn't leave it behind
Am D Em
A dark old ancestry that follows all the time
C D G G9 Em
It's written in our melodies in everything we built
C D Em
It's not just any tragedy the story tells, oh
Em C Am D
Still some will stay seated and the dark will take their hand
Em Am D
They hear every word she said but they don't feel, don't understand
Em
Don't understand