If I had nothing to my name

But photographs of you

Rescued from the flamesThat is all I would ever need

As long as I can read

What′s written on your face

The strength that shines

Behind your eyes

The hope and light

That will never die

One promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

As we've always done

And you said

"The poison in a kiss

Is the lie upon the lips"

Truer words were never shared

When I feel

Like lies are all I hear

I pull my memories near

The one thing they can′t take

One promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

As we've always done

The books still open

On the table

The bells still ringing

In the air

The dreams still clinging

To the pillow

The songs still singing

In a prayer

Now my soul

Is stretching through the roots

To memories of you

Back through time and space

To carry home

The faces and the names

And photographs of you

Rescued from the flames

One promise you made

One promise that always remains

No matter the price

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

And dare to rise once more

A promise to survive

Persevere and thrive

And fill the world with life

As we've always done