Lyrics

[Verse 1] Pack it all up Tape the boxes Take what you wanted Discard the rest In a day In a few hours Everything you kept Will be someone else's [Chorus] Honoring the dead [Verse 2] So we say the words We thought you wanted The words we couldn't figure out to say Back when we were young And actin' foolish And findin' reasons To keep our distance [Chorus] Honoring the dead Honoring the dead [Verse 3] So we sang the hymns That buried our fathers The words were familiar And cut through the air Whеn I think of God His son not sparing In the graveyard The birds wеre singin' [Chorus] Honoring the dead Honoring the dead Honoring the dead Honoring the dead [Bridge] Wherever you are now You would have loved it We were all gathered And tellin' your stories Wherever you are now Whatever they call it You would have loved it We sang from hymnals [Verse 4] So we let you go As best we could've Bouquets of roses and Bible verses And we milled about The rows of headstones Of all your siblings The grass was wet [Chorus] Honoring the dead Honoring the dead Honoring the dead Honoring the dead