Lyrics

Verse 1
Second month, winter sky, flags along the avenue, Footsteps echo on the mall, stories waking, tried and true. From a log cabin’s candlelight to city halls that gleam, Voices thread the needle of a stubborn, hopeful dream.
Pre-Chorus
Pages turn, and time keeps score, Every oath on that old portico door. We remember not for fame, But for the weight behind a name.
Chorus
It’s Presidents’ Day, lift the stripes, lift the stars, Sing the chapters written under midnight and Mars. From the first bold breath to the trials we face today, We hold the questions high and light the way. On Presidents’ Day.
Verse 2
Quills and cables, telegraphs to satellite beams, Cabinet rooms and midnight pens, the burden of our themes. Some built bridges with their words, some with steady hands, All were tested by the tides that shape a restless land.
Pre-Chorus
Mountains carved and rivers wide, Union mended, wounds that wouldn’t hide. Lessons learned the harder way, Still we gather here to say—
Chorus
It’s Presidents’ Day, lift the stripes, lift the stars, Sing the chapters written under midnight and Mars. From the first bold breath to the trials we face today, We hold the questions high and light the way. On Presidents’ Day.
Bridge
Not a crown, not a throne, Just a charge we lend and then take home. We the people, loud and clear, Hire hope and fire fear. Every term, a turning page, Every choice, a common stage.
Breakdown Name the courage, name the cost, Name the bridges we have crossed. Name the times we lost our way, How we found it back by day.
Chorus
It’s Presidents’ Day, lift the stripes, lift the stars, Sing the chapters written under midnight and Mars. From the first bold breath to the trials we face today, We hold the questions high and light the way. On Presidents’ Day.So lay a wreath of winter light on avenues of stone, promise that the work goes on, the office never owned. From the crowd to colonnade, let the anthem softly say: Lead with duty, love, and truth— On Presidents’ Day.