Commonwealth Reckoning
v4
@Nguyễn Đoàn Diễm Quỳnh
Commonwealth Reckoning
v4
@Nguyễn Đoàn Diễm Quỳnh
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They rode in hard at sundown
Boots on our porch and blood on the gate
Took one look at our table
And thought our people would break
They laughed at our old fences
Burned through the wheat and the tin
But I know the kind of monsters
That forget where the fire begins
[Pre-Chorus]
You kicked the hornet's home
Now hear that warning call
This land still has a heartbeat
And I stand for all
[Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
[Verse 2]
Mara wiped the soot from her cheeks
Old Ben loaded up the rail
Even little kids in the doorway
Held their breath like a hail
I signed my name in the dust
Looked that terror in the eye
If they want a war with my people
Then they picked the wrong sky
[Pre-Chorus]
You kicked the hornet's home
Now hear that warning call
This land still has a heartbeat
And I stand for all
[Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
[Bridge]
Let them come through the pasture
Let them choke on the smoke
We bury fear in the red dirt
And we rise from every broke
bone and wall and window
We rebuild by hand and name
[Final Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
They rode in hard at sundown
Boots on our porch and blood on the gate
Took one look at our table
And thought our people would break
They laughed at our old fences
Burned through the wheat and the tin
But I know the kind of monsters
That forget where the fire begins
[Pre-Chorus]
You kicked the hornet's home
Now hear that warning call
This land still has a heartbeat
And I stand for all
[Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
[Verse 2]
Mara wiped the soot from her cheeks
Old Ben loaded up the rail
Even little kids in the doorway
Held their breath like a hail
I signed my name in the dust
Looked that terror in the eye
If they want a war with my people
Then they picked the wrong sky
[Pre-Chorus]
You kicked the hornet's home
Now hear that warning call
This land still has a heartbeat
And I stand for all
[Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
[Bridge]
Let them come through the pasture
Let them choke on the smoke
We bury fear in the red dirt
And we rise from every broke
bone and wall and window
We rebuild by hand and name
[Final Chorus]
The President will see you fall
The President will hear the drums
Mess with us, you lose it all
You came for blood, now here it comes
The President, the President
You won’t forget this day
Style of Music
Heroic melodic country with steady mid-tempo strum, stomping kick, and lifted fiddle swells; verse rides sparse acoustic and low brush, pre-chorus opens with bass and harmony hush, chorus hits with gang vocals, mandolin chop, and triumphant steel guitar. Lead vocal is gritty and close-mic, with doubled hook lines, shouty ad-libs, and a final chorus lift. Dusty but wide mix, bright on the chorus., country
