[Intro – soft guitar, vinyl crackle] Finger on the strings, a quiet battlefield Stories in the dust of what the soldiers used to feel [Verse 1 – intimate, story-led] When armies formed their lines beneath a rising sun Divisions marked by colors, every soldier knew his one Archers in the distance, footmen in the clay Every man assigned his place, no one left to stray Banners in the wind would guide them through the smoke If they lost direction, just one look and hope awoke Without that sign above them, chaos would remain But the flag became their compass in the fire and in the pain [Pre-Chorus – lift with pad/organ swell] When the lines were breaking And the fear was closing in They would look up higher To remember where they’d been [Chorus – wide, choir doubles, piano hook] There’s a banner over me, it’s love Lifted high for every wandering one When I lose my way in the fight I can see it in the light There’s a banner over me, it’s grace Calling me back to my place I don’t stand alone in the war I am His forevermore [Verse 2 – build imagery + patriotism tie] Red for every sacrifice, white for what is pure Blue for faithful justice that forever will endure We’ve seen it in the battles, we’ve seen it at the graves Folded with a reverence for the ones who fought so brave But there’s a greater banner lifted on a hill Where mercy met the wounded heart and time itself stood still No color tells the story like the blood that Jesus gave Now that flag of love is flying over every soul He saves [Pre-Chorus – stronger lift] When my heart is drifting And the voices pull me wrong I will fix my eyes above Where my true allegiance belongs [Chorus – full, bigger stack] There’s a banner over me, it’s love Lifted high for every wandering one When I lose my way in the fight I can see it in the light There’s a banner over me, it’s grace Calling me back to my place I don’t stand alone in the war I am His forevermore [Bridge – drop to voice + guitar] If I’ve been betrayed, if I’ve doubted Your name If I wandered miles from the truth You were still there, never moved Nothing can separate this heart from Your hands Neither life nor the grave I am held, I am saved [Build – strings swell rising] On a hill called Calvary Love was written over me [Final Chorus – full bloom] There’s a banner over me, it’s love Lifted high for every broken one Through the battle and the night You are with me in the fight There’s a banner over me, it’s grace I am covered, I am claimed Let the world see who I am I am held in the Great I Am [Outro – soft, resolving] When I lose my way, I will look above There’s a banner over me… And it’s love
