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To build the fire
(c) 1999 E. Scott Swanson

Forgive me please, but I do believe we've had this pleasure before but I can't remember when
Oh yes I see, once more… and yes I thank you for your understanding that I don’t remember well
But now we share this grief, a loss that cannot be explained… nothing will ever be the same again
And may I ask this please? For us we cannot put this in the past, forever we must remember them

Someday we'll find more than ten thousand words
For each of the 12 worlds and for each of them we pray
Be kind, for there are twelve dead, and remember what they did
To build the fire

Now as I stand, here with a burning candle in my hand, the tears come uncontrollably
And we can build this fire, while our thoughts and prayers go higher higher, upwards and onwards to eternity
And now we share this grief, a loss that can never be changed… nothing will ever be the same again
And may I ask this please? For us we cannot put this in the past, forever we must remember them

Someday we'll find more than ten thousand words
For each of the 12 worlds and for each of them we pray
Be kind, for there are twelve dead, and remember what they did
To build the fire

And we have come, to honor those who've passed away and pray for those who have been injured
And though we come in peace, that's not to say that we won't fight for what it is that we believe in
And we will share this grief, a loss that will always remain… nothing will ever be the same again
And may I ask this please? For us we cannot put this in the past, forever we must remember them

Someday we'll find more than ten thousand words
For each of the 12 worlds and for each of them we pray
Be kind, for there are twelve dead, and remember what they did
To build the fire

Jerry Don Self… here
Brian McClain… here
Christopher Breen… here
Jeremy Frampton… here
Chad Powell… here
Nathan Scott West… here
Jamie Hand… here
Lucas Kimmel… here
Christopher Lee Heard… here
Miranda Adams… here
Michael Ebanks… here
Timothy Doran Kerlee Jr. … here

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