Lyrics

Intro (instrumental 8 bars)
Soft guitar picking, maybe slide guitar swells.

Verse 1
The wind’s a whisper at the end of day,
News breaks heavy, takes my breath away.
A name we knew, a face now gone,
Families shattered, still life moves on.

Verse 2
Porch lights burning in a quiet town,
People scared of what might come around.
Words get sharper when the trust is thin,
We’re all just aching for a place to begin.

Pre-Chorus
Anger rises like a storm that won’t sit still,
But vengeance only deepens every wound we feel.

Chorus
Let the quiet horses run,
Don’t let rage be what we lean on.
Raise our voices with our palms open wide,
Peace is louder than the guns outside.
We protest not with hate, but songs and signs,
We’re stronger when our anger turns to a kinder kind.

Verse 3
A speaker silenced, voices cry in vain,
Another father, mother—gone to pain.
We carry grief and fury deep inside,
But love is the river where peace can ride.

Pre-Chorus
It’s okay to feel the fire, let it burn,
But turn it toward the light, watch the tide return.

Chorus
Let the quiet horses run,
Don’t let rage be what we lean on… (repeat)

Bridge
Count to ten when your blood runs hot,
Take a breath, remember what you’ve got.
Write it down, march but hold the line,
Turn the heat of anger into something kind.

Chorus (soft, then build)
Let the quiet horses run…
Raise our voices with our palms open wide…

Outro (fade)
Quiet horses run… run us home tonight.