[Verse 1] Boots in the dust Shoulder to shoulder Names on a wall Written in order Smoke on the hill Sun in our eyes We hold the gate We draw the line [Chorus] Here I stand with my friends in an endless line Every heartbeat roaring “This ground is mine” They can come like thunder They can tear the sky We will not retreat We will not retreat tonight [Verse 2] Fear in my chest Turns into fire I hear your breath Next to the wire Flags in the wind Torn at the seam Still we lift them Still we believe [Chorus] Here I stand with my friends in an endless line Every heartbeat roaring “This ground is mine” They can come like thunder They can tear the sky We will not retreat We will not retreat tonight [Bridge] This is our land This battered stone I’m not afraid To stand alone But I don’t stand Alone at all A thousand hearts Behind these walls (hey!) [Chorus] Here we stand with our friends in an endless line Every heartbeat roaring “This ground is mine” They can come like thunder They can tear the sky We will not retreat We will not retreat tonight [Outro] Every heartbeat roars Every heartbeat roars Capitol of storms Still we hold the doors
