Intro
Verse 1
The Rain Fell Soft On The Turf Stack Wall, Where My Grandfather Would Stand
With A Match Held Low And A Story Told Of This Battered, Stubborn Land
He Spoke Of Ghosts In The Risin’ Smoke, Of Footsteps In The Rain
Of Quiet Men With A Burning Oath They Carried Through The Pain
And I Still Hear His Voice In The Wind At Night, Sayin’ “Hold That Fire – Keep It Burning Bright”
Chorus
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench, It’s Alive In Me Tonight
In Every Whispered Prayer And Every Rebel Song At Night
Through The Dark And Through The Storm, Through The Tears We Never Show
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench Is The Only Truth We Know
Yeah It Burns, Yeah It Burns, In The Heart, In The Skies
Still Burning, Still Burning In Irish Eyes
Verse 2
They Tried To Wipe The Old Names Clean, Tried To Still The Tongue
Shut The Doors, Killed The Lights Whenever Songs Were Sung
But Every Dawn On Donegal Broke Sharp Against The Gray
And Lit A Spark In Every Soul They Never Took Away
You Can Chain The Hands, You Can Claim The Land
But You’ll Never Take The Fire From A People Who Stand
Chorus
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench, It’s Alive In Me Tonight
In Every Whispered Prayer And Every Rebel Song At Night
Through The Dark And Through The Storm, Through The Tears We Never Show
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench Is The Only Truth We Know
Yeah It Burns, Yeah It Burns, In The Heart, In The Skies
Still Burning, Still Burning In Irish Eyes
Bridge
Now I Stand Where The Hawthorn Bends In The Cold October Air
And I Feel That Same Old Current Like A Pulse That’s Always There
And The Children Ask What It All Means, I Smile And Tell Them Play
It’s Not Just Ours, It’s Yours To Hold, And Never Lose Again
Verse 3
When The Wind Cuts Through And The Night Runs Long, And The Silence Feels Too Deep
I Hear The Drums In The Frozen Ground, I Hear The Past Beneath My Feet
And It Rises Up Like A Battle Cry From The Ash And From The Clay
You Can Bend, You Can Break, But You Won’t Erase What Was Never Yours To Take
Chorus 3
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench, Now It’s Roaring Through The Years
In The Laughter And The Scars And In The Unshed Tears
Through The Dark And Through The Storm, Through The Blood And Through The Snow
Oh, The Flame They Could Not Quench Is The Reason That We Grow
Yeah It Burns, Yeah It Burns, Let The Whole World See It Rise
Still Burning, Still Burning In Irish Eyes
Still Burning, Still Burning. The Flame They Could Not Quench
