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