Commonwealth Rises

[Verse 1]
The General rode in at dawn
Boots on dust, eyes locked on
A busted land, a broke-down line
He said, “This one here is mine”

By the old wall, by the dry creek bend
He called his people back again
With a map in hand and a jaw set hard
He raised that flag in the backyard

[Pre-Chorus]
Then the sky split open wide
Metal birds came side by side
Armor rolled through rust and rain
And hope came roaring back again

[Chorus]
Commonwealth rise, rise high
Take it back under open sky
Commonwealth rise, rise high
The General won’t let it die
(ride on, ride on)
(raise it up, raise it up)

[Verse 2]
New Grand Airship in the clouds
Casting shade on the huddled crowds
Vertibirds cut through the smoke
Like judgment on a broken oak

APCs thundered down the lane
Left no room for fear or shame
Raiders ran, mutants fell
The whole damn wasteland rang like hell

[Pre-Chorus]
From the farms to the market road
Every freed hand took up load
Every eye that once looked low
Lit up like an ember glow

[Chorus]
Commonwealth rise, rise high
Take it back under open sky
Commonwealth rise, rise high
The General won’t let it die
(ride on, ride on)
(raise it up, raise it up)

[Bridge]
He don’t promise gold or grace
Just a hard-won honest place
Where the sons and daughters stand
With the future in their hands

[Final Chorus]
Commonwealth rise, rise high
Take it back under open sky
Commonwealth rise, rise high
The General won’t let it die
(Commonwealth rise)
(Commonwealth rise)