Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] I set your boots beside the door Mud still dry along the seams Your photograph above the stove Watches over what we’ve lost The news talks low in every room Names that vanish in a scroll But every name is someone’s sky Falling hard on someone’s home [Chorus] War leaves ashes on the threshold Burns the colors from our days Different flags and different stories Same tears washing down our face If your mother weeps like my mother How could we ever be enemies? Lay the hatred in the ground now Let our children grow in peace [Verse 2] A broken schoolyard swing still creaks Over dust and scattered glass Little hands draw houses Trees Where they last saw sunlight pass Old men trading stories soft Of the years before the guns How they argued Laughed And loved Under just one quiet sun [Chorus] War leaves ashes on the threshold Burns the colors from our days Different flags and different stories Same tears washing down our face If your mother weeps like my mother How could we ever be enemies? Lay the hatred in the ground now Let our children grow in peace [Bridge] What if we listened Before we fired? What if we healed What we inherited tired? I don’t want victory Built on broken hearts I just want mercy To be where it starts (oh, let it start) [Chorus] War leaves ashes on the threshold But we can open up the door Let forgiveness cross the distance Where our fathers clung to war If your brother bleeds like my brother How could we ever be enemies? Drop the rifles from our breathing Raise our hands and plant the seeds [Outro] Different dreams The same deep longing For a night of quiet sleep I will stand here You beside me Till our promise turns to peace
Tags
Slow, spacious orchestral soul ballad with male vocals; soft piano and warm upright bass cradle an intimate first verse, then strings swell gently under a soaring chorus. Subtle gospel choir joins on hooks, brushed drums and distant toms pulse like a tired heartbeat. Final chorus strips back to near a cappella with hushed harmonies, then ends on a long, resolving chord that feels like a deep exhale., soul
Duration
4:43
Instrumental
No
Created
3/21/2026