Look at the green grass   All the white stone masts   Your ship ain't going nowhere baby   You can't sail away from this   Memorial day      Come every April   I hear the shadows call   By the time May comes around   I know that history only exists   Because of war   Memorial day      I understand the need to   Respect the dead   Learn from them   I understand there's more to this   More to this than counting baby   More to this than counting      I wear my granddad's medals   The ones he wouldn't wear   They represented destruction to him   They feel like freedom   When you look at them from here   Memorial day   Memorial day   Memorial day      Yesterday was significant   If yesterday you were alive   The things that were important   When you woke up yesterday   Just remember who you were   Adjust for flight   Memorial day   Memorial day