Raise the Torch (Americana Country) (America 250 Celebration Double Album)

Verse 1

Wind on my face new day breaks

Two hundred fifty years flown

Streets remember the silent storms

Red clay, blue sky, a flag we made our own

Born from grit and borrowed hope

My father’s father swore and prayed

Forged in fire, backbone strong

One step for freedom, every price we paid

Chorus

Raise the torch, let it burn

Shout it out, it’s our turn

Forever strength, forever bound

Carry on, never down

Echo the cries, breath of our birth

Fighting for freedom, for the worth of this earth

For the faces not born, the voices we’ve earned

Raise it high, let it burn

Post-Chorus

Let it burn

Let it burn

Verse 2

Dust still settles on old stones

Stubborn lines, weather lines, blood in the ground

History’s shadow, but tomorrow calls

Mothers holding babies, fathers stand proud

Give me the courage, give me the will

Give me the silent calm of dawn

I see your eyes, I see the fight

Two hundred fifty, keep moving on

Chorus

Raise the torch, let it burn

Shout it out, it’s our turn

Forever strength, forever bound

Carry on, never down

Echo the cries, breath of our birth

Fighting for freedom, for the worth of this earth

For the faces not born, the voices we’ve earned

Raise it high, let it burn

Bridge

Maybe we falter, maybe we fall

Maybe the road’s rough, but we stand tall

From river to mountain, sun to rain

From Boston’s midnight to west Texas plain

Always remembering, never regret

Blood and belief, we never forget

Chorus

Raise the torch, let it burn

Shout it out, it’s our turn

Forever strength, forever bound

Carry on, never down

Echo the cries, breath of our birth

Fighting for freedom, for the worth of this earth

For the faces not born, the voices we’ve earned

Raise it high, let it burn

Post-Chorus

Let it burn

Let it burn

Outro

Children’s laughter, new flag unfurled

Two hundred fifty, this promise still calls the world