[Intro]

         

 


[Verse 1]

            
Few of the sin

              
s of the fathe

       
r are visited 

upon the son,
           
Hearts have be

           
en hard, hands

              
 have been cle

            
nched into fis

ts too long.
            
Our sons need 

              
never be soldi

          
ers, our daugh

ters will neve

r need guns,
           
These are the 

              
years between,

           
 these are the

              
 years that we

    
re hard fought

 and won.
            
Now, contracts

              
 torn at the e

           
dges, old sign

atures stained

 with tears,
           
Seasons of war

             
 and grace, th

/            
ese should not

       
 be forgotten 

years.
            
Still it aches

              
 like tetanus,

     
 it reeks of p

olitics,
             
How many dream

         
s remain, this

              
 is a feeling 

    
too strong to 

contain.


[Chorus]

             
The hardest ye

           
ars, the darke

st years,
             
the roaring ye

          
ars, the falle

n years.
           
              


These should n

ot be forgotte

n years.
             
The hardest ye

          
ars, the wilde

st years,
             
the desperate 

     
and divided ye

ars
          
       We will

    
 remember
                 (These should not be forgotten years).

  


[Verse 2]

            
Our shoreline 

              
was never inva

           
ded, our count

ry was never i

n flames,
           
This is the ca

              
lm we breathe,

           
 this is a fee

         
ling too stron

g to contain.
            
Still it aches

              
 like tetanus,

     
 it reeks of p

olitics,
             
Signatures sta

             
ined with tear

          
s. Who can rem

             
ember? We've g

ot to remember

!


[Chorus]

             
The hardest ye

           
ars, the darke

st years,
             
the roaring ye

          
ars, the falle

n years.
           
              

 
 These should 

not be forgott

en years.
             
The hardest ye

          
ars, the wilde

st years,
             
the desperate 

     
and divided ye

ars
          
       We will

   
 remember
                 (These should not be forgotten years).


[Instrumental]

   

      


[Chorus]

              
I said it's Th

             
e hardest year

        
s, the darkest

 years,
             
the roaring ye

          
ars, the falle

n years.
           
              

 
 These should 

not be forgott

en years.
             
The hardest ye

          
ars, the wilde

st years,
             
the desperate 

     
and divided ye

ars
          
       We will

   
 remember
                (These should not be forgotten years).
             
Forsaken, achi

           
ng, breaking y

ears,
             
the time and t

          
ested heartbre

ak years.
           
        Who ne

              
eds your ma to

 
 sing to you n

ow.
             
The blinded ye

          
ars, the binde

d years,
             
the desperate 

     
and divided ye

ars
          
     These sho

              
uld not be for

                     
gotten years.
                            (These should not be forgotten years).


[Outro]

           
Remember!    O

              
h     We will 

              
try...