A Better Life

I’ll hold my hands up high
Confess that I do not know what to say
It’s rare that I am speechless
And it’s rare that I cannot convey
But I never put a face to the names that died at war
And I’m wholly unprepared now the loss cannot be ignored
You hear about the dangers
On a daily basis more and more
But actors that appear
On our TVs cannot prepare you for
The memory of a face or a voice that knows its mind
Being all that we can take once this night is left behind
Well rest assured, the ones you love are here tonight
And we’ll reside in memories of a better life
He took a swing at doctor spin
The diligent young politik
Who passed a note under the class
And managed to avoid the stick
When people are reflections of a person you already know
You’ve got to love the people who don’t think as they’re told
Well rest assured, the ones you love are here tonight
And we’ll reside in memories of a better life
There are places we will always find hard to think about
Bad memories we will never succeed in filtering out
Well rest assured, the ones you love are here tonight
And we’ll reside in memories of a better life
And rest assured, the ones you love are here tonight
And we’ll reside in memories of a better life