Commonwealth Stand

[Verse 1]
Raiders came in snarling
Burned the fields at dawn
Took the food, took the fear
Left the good folk worn

Thought they owned the roadways
Thought they owned the night
But one man heard the crying
And he rode toward the fight

[Pre-Chorus]
In the ash and the hammerfall
He drew that line in stone
Said, "Not one more acre
Will you claim as your own"

[Chorus]
Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
One Minuteman
Won’t back down

Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
Honor wears a hat
And holds this ground

[Verse 2]
Old boots on the gravel
Patchwork on his sleeve
A lantern in the window
For the ones who couldn’t leave

He raised up every neighbor
Turned fear into a flame
With every wall rebuilt
They spoke his badge by name

[Pre-Chorus]
When the smoke rolled over Concord
And the walls began to crack
He said, "Hold the front line, brother
We are taking it back"

[Chorus]
Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
One Minuteman
Won’t back down

Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
Honor wears a hat
And holds this ground

[Bridge]
Let the raiders come screaming
Let them test that line
There’s a hundred hands at work now
And they all are mine

From the farms to the broken stone
We rise where we fell
In the heart of the Commonwealth
There’s a story we still tell

[Final Chorus]
Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
One Minuteman
Won’t back down

Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
Honor wears a hat
And holds this ground

Commonwealth stands
Commonwealth stands
Raise that flag again
And plant it down