Commonwealth Rising

[Verse 1]
The cornfields burn in the ash-gray dawn
Boots sink deep where the road ran on
Broken signs lean in the rain
Still he walks that old frontier again

[Verse 2]
He keeps one map in a jacket fold
Names of the dead, and a truth once told
When the eagle rose and the people stood
He swore he'd bring back what he could

[Pre-Chorus]
He says, "I remember
I remember clear"
"Not the ruin
But the dream we held here"

[Chorus]
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
He'll bring us back
To where we belong
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
From the blackened ground
We rise strong

[Verse 3]
He clears the road with a steady hand
Trains the kids to till this broken land
Patches roofs with a promise and nail
Tells the old stories like a trail

[Verse 4]
By the river where the bridges fell
He plants new rows where the wild things dwell
And every hammer strike in the dust
Sounds like faith, sounds like us

[Pre-Chorus]
He says, "Remember
What we were made for"
"Not just surviving
We're building more"

[Chorus]
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
He'll bring us back
To where we belong
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
From the blackened ground
We rise strong

[Bridge]
Let the ash blow on
Let the dark hang back
He's got a fire in his lungs
And a road on his back
He heard the old world
In a children's song
Now the whole wide ruin
Sings along

[Final Chorus]
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
He'll bring us back
To where we belong
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
From the blackened ground
We rise strong
Commonwealth rising
Commonwealth rising
Under one hard sky
We stand as one