General of Minutemen
v4
@Tôn Thị Hạnh
General of Minutemen
v4
@Tôn Thị Hạnh
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He walked out the gate at dawn
Dust on his boots, flag torn
Said the line had been crossed too far
Under that broken Commonwealth star
[Verse 2]
He raised a map on a cracked old crate
Called out names at the settlement gate
Old hands came in from field and road
With rifle shoulders and stories told
[Pre-Chorus]
Said the past ain't gone
It's alive in you
If you still believe
Then we push on through
[Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
[Verse 3]
Moms with patches on denim coats
Farmboys tightening their throats
Every old heart that still burns red
Heard that call and raised their heads
[Verse 4]
From Concord stone to the river bend
They stood up tall with a common end
No more fear at the shattered door
They bled for home and asked for more
[Pre-Chorus]
Said the past ain't gone
It's alive in you
If you still believe
Then we push on through
[Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
[Bridge]
Let the broken world remember
How the common folk stood together
When the smoke rose up like prayer
They found their backbone there
[Final Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
General of Minutemen
Leads us home again
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
He walked out the gate at dawn
Dust on his boots, flag torn
Said the line had been crossed too far
Under that broken Commonwealth star
[Verse 2]
He raised a map on a cracked old crate
Called out names at the settlement gate
Old hands came in from field and road
With rifle shoulders and stories told
[Pre-Chorus]
Said the past ain't gone
It's alive in you
If you still believe
Then we push on through
[Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
[Verse 3]
Moms with patches on denim coats
Farmboys tightening their throats
Every old heart that still burns red
Heard that call and raised their heads
[Verse 4]
From Concord stone to the river bend
They stood up tall with a common end
No more fear at the shattered door
They bled for home and asked for more
[Pre-Chorus]
Said the past ain't gone
It's alive in you
If you still believe
Then we push on through
[Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
[Bridge]
Let the broken world remember
How the common folk stood together
When the smoke rose up like prayer
They found their backbone there
[Final Chorus]
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
Go Patriots, fight Barbarians
General of Minutemen
Leads us home again
Free this land, take it back tonight
Hold that line and make it right
Style of Music
Melodic country, mid-tempo two-step with picked acoustic guitar, dusty kick-snare, steel guitar sighs, and a steady handclap pulse; verse rides sparse with fingerpicked guitar and low bass, pre-chorus opens with harmony lift and tom rolls, chorus hits with stacked gang vocals and a soaring steel line. Lead vocal is warm and close-mic in verses, doubled on the hook, with short delay throws on key phrases. Ear candy: radio static sweep into the first chorus, a reverse guitar swell before the bridge, and a final refrain with handclaps and crowd shouts. Bright, rugged, and cinematic with a weathered Americana mix., country
