No Glory

[Intro] [slow tempo] [piano] [gritty bass]
(oh… yeah) [raspy voice]
Dust on these boots, blood on my name
Freedom whispered… but it don’t sound the same

[Verse 1] [male vocals] [blues rock]
Yeah, a young man salutes a flag
Sold him crap in a paper bag
Said “boy, go fight for the red, white, blue”
But the lines got blurred when the bullets flew

A child cried out on a foreign street
This was not what they said it’d be
Called it love for the flag, but it was hate
Wrapped up in fear, wrapped up in fate
We came to fight, but lost what’s true
Now it’s regrets that we carry through

[Pre-Chorus] [build]
Now I see through the smoke and fire
Truth don’t shine through a liar’s choir

[Chorus] [full band] [emotional]
No glory… in this war we wage
No glory… in this hell they rage
We fight, we kill, they drown in greed
We bleed, we break, for dirty deeds
No glory… just ghosts and regrets
No peace… just debts we can’t forget
(oh Lord…) [ad-lib] no glory

[Verse 2] [steady groove]
Orders came, said “hold that line”
But whose land was it… yours or mine?
We stormed their land, called it right
The dark don’t turn into light

I see their faces when I close my eyes
Hear every whisper, every cry
A child’s hand in a pile of dust
Tell me now… who do I trust?

[Pre-Chorus] [build]
Truth don’t live in a gun or a plan
It dies slow in the heart of a man

[Chorus] [full band] [electric guitar]
No glory… in this war we wage
No glory… just a heart in a cage
We fight, we kill, we drown in greed
Feedin’ fire to a broken creed
No glory… just ghosts and regrets
No peace… just debts we can’t forget
(yeah…) [ad-lib] no glory

[Bridge] [breakdown] [piano]
(hmm… yeah) [raspy voice]
They said “freedom,” but it felt like chains
Said “honor,” but it tasted like pain
If love was real, why all this hate?
Why we knockin’ on another man’s gate?

[Break / Solo] [soulful guitar] [Texas blues] [instrumental]
[guitar cries… piano answers]

[Final Chorus] [full band] [big finish]
No glory… hear me now
No glory… don’t ask me how
We fight, we fall, we lose our soul
Diggin’ graves in a deeper hole
No glory… just ghosts and regrets
No peace… not yet… not yet…
[ad-lib] no glory…

[Outro] [fade out] [piano]
War took my youth… left me old
Truth ain’t silver… truth is cold
If peace comes knockin’, I’ll let it in…
[soft vocal] won’t fight that war again…

Blues country-rock, raspy male vocals, Soulful guitar licks, warm piano, gritty bass, anthemic chorus, emotional solos