Hands in the earth, cold with the years Names cut deep where the living won't hear No songs for the loud, no crowns for the proud Just marks in the stone when the fire burns out Steel laid down, brief turned thin No gold goes with us under the skin What's spoken fades, what's written remains When blood is quiet, stone keeps the name We don't beg the sky to remember our breath We leave truth behind in the weight of our death Stone keeps the name when voices are gone Stone keeps the name when the night moves on Our flesh will fall, fires will die But the mark stands firm when time walks by Stone keeps the name Mother stood watch when the halls went dark Carried the line when the men left marks Elders spoke low so the truth stayed sharp Not all strength roars, some strength guards No lies carved where the dead lie still Only what was earned, only iron will No prayers shouted into the flame Just hands on stone and the name We don't chase songs, the crowd will praise We carve our worth where time won't erase Stone keeps the name when voices are gone Stone keeps the name when the night moves on Our flesh will fall, fires will die But the mark stands firm when time walks by Stone keeps the name Let the storm pass, let the world forget We were here, and the stone remembers it We were here Stone keeps the name through ash and rain Stone keeps the name through loss and pain No throne, no song, no borrowed flame Just truth set deep Stone keeps the name Hands leave the stone, but the stone does not forget Stone keeps the name Hands leave the stone, but the stone does not forget Stone keeps the name Stone keeps the name Stone keeps the name