Our Nation (song)

Lyrics

Verse 1
Flags whisper in the morning light,
Red and white against the blue skies height.
Footsteps slow along the rows,
Names like rivers where the memory flows.
Bugles carry through the trees,
A hush of wind, a prayer on knees.
Stories woven, brave and true,
Carried on by me and you.

Pre-Chorus
We gather not for glory’s flame,
But to speak each fallen name.

Chorus
On Memorial Day, the silence says
More than any words we pray.
We lay our flowers down, we raise our eyes,
To the courage that never dies.
Hold the moment, let it stay—
Hearts at ease and hearts that ache,
For the ones who gave and could not stay,
We remember them today.

Verse 2
Photos faded in a weathered frame,
Letters home that signed each name.
Gold stars glimmer on a mother’s door,
Echoes crossing to a distant shore.
Laughter kept in a folded sleeve,
Promises that we still believe.
Freedom’s weight in a gentle hand,
Shared by every soul who stands.

Pre-Chorus
Not in thunder, not in cheer,
But in love that’s present here.

Chorus
On Memorial Day, the silence says
More than any words we pray.
We lay our flowers down, we raise our eyes,
To the courage that never dies.
Hold the moment, let it stay—
Hearts at ease and hearts that ache,
For the ones who gave and could not stay,
We remember them today.

Bridge
Let the children run and play,
Teach them why we bow this day.
Tell the stories, speak them clear,
Make the fallen present here.
In the quiet, find the thread
Binding living to the dead.
Gratitude in every breath,
Life made larger by their rest.

Breakdown (soft)
Taps in the distance, a flag half-mast,
A promise kept as the seasons pass.

Final Chorus
On Memorial Day, the silence says
More than any words we pray.
We lay our flowers down, we raise our eyes,
To the courage that never dies.
Hold the moment, let it stay—
Hearts at ease and hearts that ache,
For the ones who gave and could not stay,
We remember them today.
We remember them today.