[Intro] (Heavy marching riff with snare-like drums, spoken with grim intensity) April ‘61, Sumter’s shells ignite… Brother against brother in the deadliest fight! [Verse 1] December ‘60, South Carolina secedes first, Six more follow quick, the Union’s burst. February ’61, Confederacy born in Montgomery hall, Jefferson Davis sworn, answering the call. April twelfth, Fort Sumter bombarded at dawn, Anderson surrenders, the war is on. Lincoln calls seventy-five thousand men, Four more states leave, the border torn again. July ’61, Bull Run near Manassas town, Beauregard and Johnston turn McDowell down. First major clash, civilians watch the fray, Stonewall Jackson stands, earns his name that day. [Pre-Chorus] (Rising guitars like cannon fire) Ironclads clash, armies swell in size, The bloodiest war under American skies. [Chorus] Brothers in Blue and Gray, tearin’ the nation apart! Four years of thunder, straight to the heart! Shiloh’s horror, Antietam’s bloody day, Gettysburg turning, Vicksburg’s price to pay! Grant and Lee clash, Sherman burns the land, Appomattox silence, sword in hand! Over six hundred thousand souls laid low, America reborn in the war’s cruel glow! [Verse 2] April ‘62, Shiloh by the Tennessee shore, Grant surprised at dawn, Johnston leads no more. Beauregard retreats, twenty thousand fall, Deadliest yet, shocking one and all. Seven Days Battles, Lee takes command, McClellan pushed back from Richmond’s land. Second Bull Run, Pope defeated again, Lee invades the North, Antietam begins. September seventeenth, ‘62 bloodiest single day, Twenty-two thousand casualties, McClellan holds the gray. Lee withdraws south, the border stays in place, Emancipation looms, changing the war’s face. [Pre-Chorus] (Drums double-time) ’63 the turning year draws near, Twin Union blows the rebels fear. [Chorus] Brothers in Blue and Gray, tearin’ the nation apart! Four years of thunder, straight to the heart! Shiloh’s horror, Antietam’s bloody day, Gettysburg turning, Vicksburg’s price to pay! Grant and Lee clash, Sherman burns the land, Appomattox silence, sword in hand! Over six hundred thousand souls laid low, America reborn in the war’s cruel glow! [Bridge] (Epic dual guitar solo mimicking bugle calls, then full onslaught) July first to third, Gettysburg’s high ground, Pickett’s Charge breaks, Lee’s invasion drowned. Meade holds the line, fifty thousand down, Turning point north, the tide has turned around. Same days out west, Vicksburg falls to Grant, July fourth surrender, Mississippi in his hand. Chickamauga ’63, Bragg wins in the south, Chattanooga relieved, Thomas stands like a mouth. ‘64 Grant takes command, wilderness campaign, Cold Harbor slaughter, Petersburg siege in chain. Sherman marches Atlanta to the sea, Total war scorches Georgia’s plea. [Verse 3] Early ’65, Five Forks breaks the line, Petersburg falls, Richmond left behind. Lee retreats west, Grant closes the noose, April ninth, Appomattox Court House. Generous terms offered, soldiers go home, Johnston surrenders later, the last rebel dome. Four years, one month, over six hundred thousand dead, The Union preserved, but the price in red. [Chorus] Brothers in Blue and Gray, tearin’ the nation apart! Four years of thunder, straight to the heart! Shiloh’s horror, Antietam’s bloody day, Gettysburg turning, Vicksburg’s price to pay! Grant and Lee clash, Sherman burns the land, Appomattox silence… yeah, sword in hand! America reborn in the war’s cruel glow! [Outro] (Fade with mournful clean guitar and echoing vocals) Brothers in Blue and Gray… rest in peace… The cost of Union… never cease…
