Came in like a comet
Lit up the summer sky
Set fire to the hillside
Watched the embers rise and die
Bright blue sky's and wreckage
Scorched earth and summer love
Folks lookin at the ground
Calling for help from up above
When we need calloused hands and rolled up cuffs
When we're guaranteed a hard climb out the rut
And when we're standing at the bottom looking up
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough
A crater from the impact
Where the edges had been burned
Awarding silver badges
That were posthumously earned
The lights they are still shining
Through the dark and ashy cloak
Voices crack and fracture
All victims of the smoke
When we need calloused hands and rolled up cuffs
When we're guaranteed a hard climb out the rut
And when we're standing at the bottom looking up
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough
Hear the prayer
Breathe the air
Hopes laid bare
No one's there
When we need calloused hands and rolled up cuffs
When we're guaranteed a hard climb out the rut
And when we're standing at the bottom looking up
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough
Thoughts and prayers will never be enough