Commonwealth Oath
v4
@Hoàng Linh Ðan
Commonwealth Oath
v4
@Hoàng Linh Ðan
Testi
[Verse 1]
They came in steel and flame
From the ash and rain
Boots on our front porch
Calling out for pain
Old hands in the fields
Heard that iron tread
We buried sons and dreams
On that broken red
[Pre-Chorus]
But we know these roads
We know this land
Every fencepost
Every last stand
[Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
[Verse 2]
Brotherhood in armor
Cold as winter stone
Took the old church bell
And made it their own
But the old soldiers
With scars like maps
Loaded up their grief
And stepped right back
[Pre-Chorus]
For every burned-out field
Every child gone pale
Every name we carry
We will not fail
[Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
[Bridge]
Some men wear a holy war
Some men wear a crown
We wore the dirt and sorrow
And still we held our ground
If the sky comes down
And the river turns to rust
We’ll stand in the ruin
With our rifles and our trust
[Final Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
(Commonwealth, hold fast)
They came in steel and flame
From the ash and rain
Boots on our front porch
Calling out for pain
Old hands in the fields
Heard that iron tread
We buried sons and dreams
On that broken red
[Pre-Chorus]
But we know these roads
We know this land
Every fencepost
Every last stand
[Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
[Verse 2]
Brotherhood in armor
Cold as winter stone
Took the old church bell
And made it their own
But the old soldiers
With scars like maps
Loaded up their grief
And stepped right back
[Pre-Chorus]
For every burned-out field
Every child gone pale
Every name we carry
We will not fail
[Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
[Bridge]
Some men wear a holy war
Some men wear a crown
We wore the dirt and sorrow
And still we held our ground
If the sky comes down
And the river turns to rust
We’ll stand in the ruin
With our rifles and our trust
[Final Chorus]
Commonwealth, hold fast
Commonwealth, hold fast
We are the line they broke
We are the last
Minutemen rise
From the dust and past
Commonwealth, hold fast
Hold fast
(Commonwealth, hold fast)
Stile di musica
Country melodic with a mid-tempo two-step pulse, gritty acoustic strums, mournful fiddle, sturdy bass, and snare-driven stomp; verse rides sparse and story-heavy, pre-chorus lifts with harmony and rising fiddle, chorus hits with gang vocals and a hard chantable hook, bridge drops to solo voice and bowed strings before final chorus swells. Close-mic lead vocal, weathered and proud, with doubled hook lines, room-sized reverb tails, and a dust-flecked, patriotic mix., country
