Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Boots on the sand and the skyline burning
Call sign crackling through the static air
Nineteen summers and a heart still learning
What it means to carry everything out there
Mama's letter folded in my pocket
Salt and pride crusted on my sleeve
[Pre-Chorus]
When they ask me why I answered
I just point to all the ones who came before
[Chorus]
Give me the grind
Give me the long march home
Rifle and resolve
Blood and duty's bone
Brothers by the oath
Not by the blood we share
Semper Fi and then some
Born to be there
[Post-Chorus]
Onward
Onward
Hoo-rah
Hoo-rah
[Verse 2]
We don't talk about the quiet moments
Hands on shoulders in the falling rain
Every tear becomes a kind of payment
For the ground we swore we'd never leave again
Some come home and some stay posted
In the ranks of every man who's gone
[Pre-Chorus]
When they ask me why I'm standing
I just stand a little straighter than before
[Chorus]
Give me the grind
Give me the long march home
Rifle and resolve
Blood and duty's bone
Brothers by the oath
Not by the blood we share
Semper Fi and then some
Born to be there
[Post-Chorus]
Onward
Onward
Hoo-rah
Hoo-rah
[Bridge]
First to fight for the last to know
Led my heart wherever we go
Wear the creed like a second skin
Always faithful always in
[Chorus]
Give me the grind
Give me the long march home
Rifle and resolve
Blood and duty's bone
Brothers by the oath
Not by the blood we share
Semper Fi and then some
Born to be there
[Post-Chorus]
Onward
Onward
Hoo-rah
Hoo-rah