Independence Day

My father told me once;

This country wasn’t handed down in peace,

Or written clean across the years.

Every light that fills the sky tonight,

Was paid for in blood and tears.

He told me that freedom wasn’t born in comfort

It was carried through the smoke and blood

By ordinary souls who stood together,

And answered when the moment came.

He said remember this when the drums start to play

Every firework’s an echo of a price someone paid.

There were no lines that hate could draw

No rich, no poor, no you or me;

Just brothers, and sisters standing side by side,

For a yearn to be free...

They stood as one when hope was thin

With shaking hands and iron will.

Many gave their lives so we could say

We are free this Independence Day.

Mothers cried beside the folded flags.

Fathers barely held their anger back.

And out of loss, a nation learned;

What sacrifice for love looks like.

No crown, no throne, no promise of glory,

Just the weight of doing what was right.

They lit a fire we’re still carrying

Through every darkened night...

There were no lines that hate could draw

No rich, no poor, no you or me;

Just brothers, and sisters standing side by side,

For a yearn to be free...

They stood as one when hope was thin

With shaking hands and iron will.

Many gave their lives so we could say;

We are free this Independence Day...

So when the sky is covered in shining lights

And the night cracks open wide.

Hear the voices in the thunder;

Of those who never made it home alive.

As long as justice still has breath;

And truth is more than what we say.

Their sacrifice still walks with us,

This Independence Day.