Track 4 — Scars of the Generations (MercyM‑style family legacy) Verse 1 Great‑uncle sailed for Egypt, mustard smoke and sand, Came home bearing wounds that time could not disband; Breathed his last few years after he returned home safe, Carried every battle where the desert winds did chase. Grandpa Ted on Kokoda, cooking through the rain, Brought his memories back home, carried all the pain; Survived the jungle fight, came back to his own town, But the weight of what he’d seen still pulled him down. Verse 2 Uncle Johnny in the heat of Vietnam’s hard fight, Made a hard choice in the dark of a long, lost night; Then Bradley stepped up after him, into foreign night — Thirty years of service, travelling far and wide, Six‑and‑seven tours across the ocean tide. Every generation’s thread woven side‑by‑side. Pre‑Chorus 1 Every war, every trial, every tear and scar, Every life that served beneath the same bright star; They were small parts too, in the bigger story told — Faith and family where the path unfolds. Chorus Scars of the generations, woven in the thread, Of the ones who walked before us, living and the dead; We carry on their story, keep their memory bright, Add our own small thread into the light. Every name, every trace, every heart that strove — Bound together in the love. Pre‑Chorus 2 Some came home broken, some never came back home, But their thread remains where the river still will roam; Here in Maryborough, where the old yards used to be, Their spirit lingers still, for all of us to see. Bridge Down Wharf Street lane where the evening shadows fall, You can feel the echo of the ones who gave their all; Not for fame or glory, but for home and for their kin, For the place they loved and the lives they sought to win. We don’t forget the cost, we don’t forget the way, We hold their light within us through our days. Outro Scars of the generations… woven in the thread… Keep their memory bright…
