[Verse 1] They called our names at sunrise Mine was one that answered back Too many voices stayed behind Lost somewhere beyond the black I folded up another letter For a family I’d never meet While I kept walking toward tomorrow On someone else’s feet [Pre-Chorus] They tell me I was lucky It never feels that way [Chorus] Why am I still standing When better men are gone? Why do I keep breathing While they never made it home? Tell me why you chose to keep me When they deserved my place I came home with my heartbeat They came home as names [Verse 2] I watched the years keep moving Children growing, seasons change Some never saw another sunrise Some never heard their names I hold my wife a little closer Then guilt wraps around my soul Because somewhere love was stolen From hearts that once felt whole [Pre-Chorus] If every life has meaning Help me understand mine [Chorus] Why am I still standing When better men are gone? Why do I keep breathing While they never made it home? Tell me why you chose to keep me When they deserved my place I came home with my heartbeat They came home as names [Bridge] I see their faces in the silence Every night before I sleep They never got another morning Yet somehow morning still finds me If heaven counts the ones worth saving Then something went wrong that day Because every man I left behind me Deserved to take my place [Final Chorus] Why am I still standing When better men are gone? Why do I keep breathing While they never made it home? Tell me why you chose to keep me When they deserved my place I came home with my heartbeat They came home as names [Outro] I came home with my heartbeat They came home as names
