I hear the wind like a whisper from below Voices in the dirt say what I need to know They're beggin' through the silence, reachin' through the pain Telling me to cherish every drop of rain They ain't askin' for a second chance They just hope we understand This is a dead man's prayer From a soul that ain't comin' back Don't wait till it's gone to care For the love you hold and the time you have We're the echoes in your night We're the reason for your fight Don't waste the breath you still can share That's a dead man's prayer Graves don't glow with glory, just names carved in stone But the stories that we're livin' still ain't fully known We screamed in silence, hoped someone would see Now we're beggin' you to live more than we believed We ain't hauntin' you for fear We're just tryin' to make it clear This is a dead man's prayer From a voice that time forgot Don't trade gold for empty stares Don't forget the good you've got We're the chill down your spine We're the lessons in your mind Ain't no mercy in despair Just a dead man's prayer Raise your glass to the sunrise Hug your kin and hold ‘em tight Say the things you've been holdin' While you still got the right This is a dead man's prayer Don't ignore it, don't pretend You've still got time to care Don't wait ‘til the bitter end We're the ghosts of what you miss Say your truth, seal it with a kiss Every heartbeat is a dare Heed the dead man's prayer