Track 1
1620-1650

[Verse 1]
Salt on our lips
Smoke on the shore
Names that we whispered
We don't speak anymore
Small wooden cross
Tied to the mast
Every wave asking
“How long can this last?”[Chorus]
We ride this boat into a new land
Where we can worship free
At all costs
At all costs
Even if the ocean swallows me
We carry fire that no king can touch
Buried deep where the fear gets lost
We sail
We sing
We bleed
We trust
At all costs
At all costs[Verse 2]
Lanterns burn low
Children asleep
Maps in the dark
Promises we keep
Voices behind
Orders and chains
Voices ahead
Calling our names[Chorus]
We ride this boat into a new land
Where we can worship free
At all costs
At all costs
Even if the ocean swallows me
We carry fire that no king can touch
Buried deep where the fear gets lost
We sail
We sing
We bleed
We trust
At all costs
At all costs

Track 2
1776-1789

[Verse 1]
On a kitchen table charter
Coffee rings on every page
Hands are trembling on each signature
But the words feel big and brave
We draw a line on an old brown map
Not to fence a neighbor out
Just to mark the place our children
Learn what courage’s all about[Chorus]
Paper promises, we sign our names
Say we’ll choose the open hand over the flame
Learning how to stand on our own two feet
Fairness over force in every street
Paper promises, we swear we’ll try
To build a home where every voice gets a reply
Trust like a flag in the morning wind
Let the daylight in, let the daylight in[Verse 2]
We could carve our wills in iron
Bend the world with sharp-edged laws
But the ink runs softer, slower
Makes us read before we draw
Every rule a tiny mirror
Do you see the hurt it erased?
Every vote a small admission
Of the power we misplaced[Chorus]
Paper promises, we sign our names
Say we’ll choose the open hand over the flame
Learning how to stand on our own two feet
Fairness over force in every street
Paper promises, we swear we’ll try
To build a home where every voice gets a reply
Trust a still voice in the morning wind
Let the divine light in, let the divine light in[Bridge]
We’ll fall, we’ll fail, we’ll argue
Leave some stains we can’t explain (oh)
But we’ll keep a chair at the table
For the ones who call us out by name
Because a young land grows by listening
By confessing what it’s done
By the simple act of promising
To keep the weakest in the sun[Chorus]
Paper promises, we sign our names
Say we’ll choose the open hand over the flame
Learning how to stand on our own two feet
Fairness over force in every street
Paper promises, we swear we’ll try
To build a home where every voice gets a reply
Trust like a flag in the morning wind
Let the daylight in, let the daylight in (oh)
Let the daylight in

Track 3
1841-1869

[Verse 1]
Dust in our teeth
Names on the wagon boards
Cracked hands
Cold creek
Counting every sacred horse
Wheel stuck in the mud
Rain chewing through our clothes
We argued with the flood
Still pointed where the river goes[Chorus]
The struggle of the Oregon Trail did not break us
We bent like the pines in the wind and it remade us
Every mile
Every grave
Every night that tried to take us
The struggle of the Oregon Trail did not break us[Verse 2]
Flour down to scraps
Kids tracing maps in the sand
Someone’s fever snaps
We hold his weight with both hands
Sky wide
No sound
Just the creak of every hope
Turning this worn ground
Into one more reason to cope[Chorus][Bridge]
We said our prayers in whispers
We cursed and laughed out loud
We buried fear in bitter dirt
Raised our faces to the clouds
If this road could tell it all
It would carve it in our bones
We came here almost broken
And we chose to call it home[Chorus]

Track 4
1865-1877

[Verse 1]
Broken fields
Shells in the furrows where corn once grew
Names on the fence posts
Carved like old vows that never came true
Boot prints in the chapel dust
Pews tipped sideways, windows bare
Somebody folded the flag last year
It’s still sitting on the chair[Chorus]
After the smoke has thinned
We count the ones who made it in
We write the ones we lost
In the margins of our skin
Broken town, borrowed time
We pass the hammer down the line
Mercy in these blistered hands
Stitching up a wounded land[Verse 2]
Silent letters
Tucked in a Bible with torn-off stamps
Ink bled sideways
Rain through the roof of an army camp
Two kids trading stories
“Did your father ever come back home?”
One shrugs, ties off a rusted gate
Says, “Some days I don’t feel alone”[Chorus]
After the smoke has thinned
We count the ones who made it in
We write the ones we lost
In the margins of our skin
Broken town, borrowed time
We pass the hammer down the line
Mercy in these blistered hands
Stitching up a wounded land[Bridge]
We plant trees in craters
Call them markers, call them grace
Hang our weary prayers
Like flags from the same old place
And every scar, every empty chair
Is a thread we refuse to sever
If courage is just showing up
We’ll keep showing up together[Chorus]
After the smoke has thinned
We count the ones who made it in
We write the ones we lost
In the margins of our skin
Broken town, borrowed time
We pass the hammer down the line
Mercy in these blistered hands
Stitching up a wounded landText

Track 5
1863-1867

[Verse 1]
Laying this railroad
Hands cut
Sunburnt tan
Steel sings under my boots
Dust in my teeth
My handsBlazing the trail to the new land
Smoke rising over the plain
Every spike says keep on going
Every mile forgets my name[Chorus]
I’m laying this railroad
Blazing the trail to the new land
Ties like the bones of a story
Running through rock and sand
If I don’t see tomorrow
Let these lines still stand
Laying this railroad
Blazing the trail to the new land (hey)[Verse 2]
Letters stuffed in my jacket
Names I still say at night
Moon rides low on the horizon
We keep rolling toward that lightCoffee from a blackened kettle
Laughter under ragged tents
We trade old scars for new chances
Spend our youth like rent[Chorus]
I’m laying this railroad
Blazing the trail to the new land
Ties like the bones of a story
Running through rock and sand
If I don’t see tomorrow
Let these lines still stand
Laying this railroad
Blazing the trail to the new land (oh, the new land)

Track 6
1890-1930

[Verse 1]
From a key on a kite in a summer storm
To a light in a bulb in a boarded-up barn
We wrote our names in the burn of the sky
Sparks in our pockets
Smoke in our eyes[Chorus]
We took first flight to impossible places
Paper wings
Wild hearts
Open hangar doors (hey!)
Unleashed freedom on the ones who would chase it
Put lightning in their hands
And said
"Go build more
Go build more" (oh yeah)[Verse 2]
Kitchen tables turned to scattered blueprints
Coffee stains marking where the future sits
Rust belt towns humming under their breath
Dreamers up late
Making bets with their debts[Chorus]
We took first flight to impossible places
Paper wings
Wild hearts
Open hangar doors
Unleashed freedom on the American inventors
Put lightning in their hands
And said
"Go build more
Go build more"[Bridge]
Who taught the sky to carry our voices?
Who taught the road to bend for our wheels?
Every wild spark was a terrible choice
Till someone said
"Try it
See how it feels"[Chorus]
We take first flight to impossible places
Every age
Every small garage war
Unleash freedom on the next brave maker
Put lightning in their hands
And they go build more
Go build more (hey!)
Yeah
They go build more

Track 7
1945-1975

[Verse]
A simple life of food and air
Of love and pain and war and prayer
Was made for people like us
Oh
But the great steel beast
Woke from its slumber
And in the time it took to blink
Our world was unrecognizable[Pre-Chorus]
We try to hold onto who we are
As we're propelled into the future[Chorus]
All the times are changin'
But we are holding on
For dear life
For dear life
All the times are changin'
But we are holding on
For dear life
For dear life[Verse 2]
We sit and wonder
We worry and wonder
Will our kids ever know what it's like
To play in the dirt
To build a fort out of sticks
To swim in a pond
To have a mind of their own?[Pre-Chorus]
And all the books we've ever read
Could not prepare us for what's to come[Chorus]
All the times are changin'
But we are holding on
For dear life
For dear life
All the times are changin'
But we are holding on
For dear life
For dear life
[Bridge]
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
Holdin' on

Track 8
1926-1955

[Verse 1]
We tip our hats to the greatest generation
Born thin as rations
Threadbare coats in the cold
Dust on the windows
Soup on the stovetop
Counting out nickels like they’re bars of goldPneumonia in the winter took friends in their sleep
Before there was a cure
They just prayed and they wept
Tiny church caskets
Black shoes in the gravel
Too young to learn how to carry that much regret[Chorus]
We tip our hats to the ones who came before
Who stared down empty cupboards
Then sailed off to war
From bread lines and blackouts to factory floors at dawn
You built the world we’re standing on
(we tip our hats)
You built the world we’re standing on[Verse 2]
They crossed two oceans
Names stitched on their jackets
Letters home shaking in a stranger’s hand
Mud in their boots
Smoke in their memories
Came back older than the age they left this landThen it was back to the mills
Back to the rail yards
Coffee in a thermos
Grease under their nails
Raised up a family on swing-shift wages
Turned broken-down fields into booming trails[Chorus]
We tip our hats to the ones who came before
Who stared down empty cupboards
Then sailed off to war
From bread lines and blackouts to factory floors at dawn
You built the world we’re standing on
(oh, we remember)
You built the world we’re standing on[Bridge]
Every bridge we cross
Every light that stays on late
Has fingerprints of people
Who refused to break[Chorus]
So we tip our hats to the greatest generation
From the great depression to a brand-new dawn
You fought the world’s wars
Shaped the world’s foundation
You built the world we’re standing on
(we tip our hats)
You built the world we’re standing on

Track 9
1955-1964

[Verse 1]
I stand on these worn stone steps
Crowd like a river in the sun
Hands raised
Hearts racing
History holding its breathA child on a father’s shoulders
Can barely see
But he can hear
Every word like a drum in his chest
Every pause like a turning year[Chorus]
I have a dream on these steps today
That love walks louder than hate
I have a dream
And I won't let go
’til the promise matches the page
I have a dream we can live this time
Not just write it down and wait
I have a dream on these steps today
and we will see what I’ve known in faith[Verse 2]
Voices from buses and back doors
From fields and factory floors
From names carved into quiet graves
All gathered in a single waveI see a table long and wide
Where no one’s pushed to either side
Where every name is softly said
And fear has nowhere left to tread[Chorus]
I have a dream on these steps today
That love walks louder than hate
I have a dream
And I won't let go
’til the promise matches the page
I have a dream we can live this time
Not just write it down and wait
I have a dream on these steps today
and we will see what I’ve known in faith

Track 10
1961-1969

[Verse 1]
We got rust on our hands
Blueprints spread across the floor
Every “can’t” that they throw
Just makes us want it more[Pre-Chorus]
We’ve been broken
We’ve been told it is just to far
Still we’re hoping
Fueling every doubt into a new kinda war[Chorus]
We’re going to the moon
We’ve done the impossible before
We choose this path not because it’s easy
But because it is hardStep after step
Skin
Sweat
Heart
And bone
We’re going to the moon
Even if we don’t make it home[Verse 2]
We are standing on the launchpad
Dust on our shoes
Fear in our lungs
Every doubt buried under our tongues[Pre-Chorus]
Keep on counting
All the reasons we should turn back
But this mountain
Only moves when we attack[Chorus][Bridge]
We choose this path because it’s hard
Because it tests the hidden parts
Because it asks for all we are
And gives us back a brighter start [crescendo]
We choose this path
We stake our claim
On every doubt
On every “can’t”
We lift our eyes above the dark
And light a new sky with our hands[Chorus]

Track 8.5
1900-2000

[Verse 1]
We tip our hats to the greatest generation
Hand-me-down shoes on a dirt-road station
Born in hard times
Bread lines in the dawn
Patchwork coats just to keep 'em warm[Chorus]
We tip our hats to the greatest generation
Born in great depression
Rose from devastation
Fought the world’s wars
Carried every nation
Built the world’s greatest
Greatest foundation
(oh, we tip our hats)[Verse 2]
Factory whistles and telegram pages
Letters stained with the dust of ages
Came back home with their sleeves rolled high
Turned steel and sweat into bright skylines[Chorus]
We tip our hats to the greatest generation
Born in great depression
Rose from devastation
Fought the world’s wars
Carried every nation
Built the world’s greatest
Greatest foundation
(yeah, we tip our hats)[Bridge]
They gave us more than money could measure
Handed down courage like family treasure
Every brick laid
Every promise they kept
We walk their roads with a grateful step[Chorus]
We tip our hats to the greatest generation
Born in great depression
Rose from devastation
Fought the world’s wars
Carried every nation
Built the world’s greatest
Greatest foundation
(oh, we tip our hats)
(we tip our hats)

Track 11
2001

[Intro]
Sirens in my sleep
Smoke in my lungs
Names on the wall
Can’t forget where I’m from (uh)[Verse 1]
You threw your rocks at the wrong hornets’ nest
Thought you could scare us, now you’ll regret
We terrorize terror, return every threat
Turn cowards to cautionary tales they won’t forget (yeah)
I was a kid when the sky turned ash
Glass in the gutters, fear in the class
Flags on the porch, news on blast
Whole world asking how long this lasts
Steel bones broken, streets all closed
Grey dust walking, pain in clothes
Mothers on phones, “pick up, please”
Answer came back in folded sleeves (damn)
You prayed for smoke, now you choke on the flame
We took that hurt, carved it into a name
You wanted us split, we came tighter in pain
You tried to draw blood, we engraved it in veins
You don’t scare giants, you wake ‘em up
You don’t break spirits, you make ‘em tough
You wrote that date like a curse in ink
We turned that date to a line you shrink[Chorus]
We terrorize terror, you shook the hive (yeah)
You wanted us broken, we still alive (still here)
You wanted us silent, we amplify
Every tear, every name that you tried to hide
We terrorize terror, we never fold
Turn every scar to a story told
You lit that match, now you fear that fire
We terrorize terror, we stand higher (woo)[Verse 2]
I spit for the stairwells filled with smoke
For gear on backs that were way too soaked
For boots that ran when the flames just rose
For lungs that burned while the radios froze
For hands that searched under twisted beams
For photos taped over concrete seams
For candles lined on the city seams
For every kid waking from the same old dream
You weaponized faith, turned prayer to blade
Wrapped lies in verses, then called it faith
You hijacked wings, made heaven a grave
Then posed like saints on a mountain of rage
But I read through that—prophet of fraud
Coward in cloth, cartel of gods
You claim you martyrs, I call you lost
You fear your own shadow, you pay that cost (yeah)
I watched towers fall, but not the code
We rebuilt hearts in the broken roads
You measured strength by the blood you pulled
We measure strength by the lives we hold[Chorus]
We terrorize terror, you shook the hive
You wanted us broken, we still alive
You wanted us silent, we amplify
Every tear, every name that you tried to hide
We terrorize terror, we never fold
Turn every scar to a story told
You lit that match, now you fear that fire
We terrorize terror, we stand higher[Verse 3]
You wanted the world in a war of sides
But kids lit candles on foreign tides
Hands locked up from Queens to Mecca
Saying “never again” in a different dialect (yeah)
You feed on fear, I fast on truth
You hide in caves, we raise our youth
To know that rage is a rusted chain
And every chain can be snapped by brains
Still, don’t twist calm for a lack of claws
Peace in my heart, but I sharpen jaws
You come for the homes that we bled to build
You’ll taste that steel that you helped distill (facts)
We terrorize terror—that means your lies
Your cult of death, your bargain price
Your plastic honor, your borrowed fight
We drag that shadow into the light
I’m not here to praise more bombs
I’m here so the names live on
So history knows who the cowards were
And who ran in, not who ran first (never)
You played god with a stolen plane
We pray God with a hopeful flame
You wrote your verse in a cloud of dust
We answered back with a word: “us”[Chorus]
We terrorize terror, you shook the hive
You wanted us broken, we still alive
You wanted us silent, we amplify
Every tear, every name that you tried to hide
We terrorize terror, we never fold
Turn every scar to a story told
You lit that match, now you fear that fire
We terrorize terror, we stand higher

Track 12
2016-2026

[Verse 1]
They think they can hide
Behind their marble walls
Pulling every tiny string
Laughing while we crawl
Talking in their coded words
Deals in secret halls
But we see every move now
We’re done with taking falls[Chorus]
Drain their swamp
Every corner
Every name
Turn the lights up bright
Call out all their games
We will not bow
We won’t break
We stand
Side by side
Hand in hand
We will make America great again (hey!)
We will make America great again[Verse 2]
They poison every promise
Twist the truth to gold
Sell tomorrow’s children out
Just to keep control
But this is still our country
This is still our land
From the fields to the factories
We rise and take a stand[Chorus]
Drain their swamp
Every corner
Every name
Turn the lights up bright
Call out all their games
We will not bow
We won’t break
We stand
Side by side
Hand in hand
We will make America great again (oh yeah)
We will make America great again[Bridge]
Raise that flag up high
Let ‘em hear our cry
We are not afraid
We are wide awake[Chorus]
Drain their swamp
Every corner
Every name
Turn the lights up bright
Call out all their games
We will not bow
We won’t break
We stand
Side by side
Hand in hand
We will make America great again (hey!)
We will make America great again

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