Honor Their Memory

by Kelli Caldwell - Songwriter

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For soldiers, veterans, and anyone who understands survivor's guilt.

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Honor Their Memory Key: B - Copyright © 2016 Kelli Caldwell

Wide-eyed kids when you left to bear
The burdens of a land in pain
Feeling strong and sure, with pure intentions
Then you started seeing brothers slain

With pictures pounding in your head
The kind you gotta live to believe
Your fingers tightly wrap around
Each flag you fold neatly
How’re you supposed to battle on
When the ones who really understand are gone?

Chorus:
I say…
Honor their memory
Reflect on their best
Trace the lines in each photograph
And the lines from all the laughs that you shared
Honor their memory
Raise your glass
Those moments that we can’t get back
Make the memories we’ll always have
Honor their sacrifice
In the best way you can
Live a good, full life
Make ‘em proud
Yeah, we try to live ——on

They say, in time all wounds will heal
Well, they say a lot of things
When grief is like your second skin
Some days it’s harder to believe

How’re you supposed to carry on
When the ones who really understand are gone?

Chorus:

Bridge:
Open my head
Making peace with the dead
Still, breathing feels unfair
Square my shoulders to the unknown
And take my stand in the name of Hope

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released May 30, 2016
Arrangement by Ronn Chick. Guitar, steel pedal, strings, percussion, keys by Ronn Chick.

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Kelli Caldwell Portland, Oregon

With her distinct vibrato, Caldwell’s sound is very unique. Though compared to that of Alanis Morrisette, Gigi Love, or “a cross between Tracy Chapman and Nancy Griffith,” her voice and style are all her own. But it’s the lyric, the storytelling that drives her…“I love trying to settle into someone else’s soul for awhile, trying to tell their story honestly.” ... more

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