Commonwealth Oath

[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)