Bones of the Fathers lyrics

We walk through halls we did not build Living out another's will Ancient footprints mark the ground Silent lessons handed down Every stone contains a scar Every wound has traveled far What was planted long ago Still decides what we will know Names are written in the dust Covered over by the rust Yet their shadows linger on Long after the voices are gone Broken altars, shattered vows No one remembers why or how Only fragments still remain Passed from hand to hand again Inherited dreams Inherited fears The weight of forgotten years Carried forward Line by line A burden hidden inside time Some were builders, some deceived Some believed what they received Some refused to see the cost Of the things that had been lost Now the silence starts to break Beneath the cracks beneath the ache A distant echo calls once more From behind a sealed door History sleeps but never dies Waiting underneath the lies What was buried will return When the time has come to learn The bones beneath the kingdom floor Still speak of what came before