Raise you into men

🎵 “Raise You Into Men” (Final Cut)

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Verse 1

Joe… I still see you in the doorway
Trying hard not to show fear
Fourteen years and getting taller
But I still see my boy right here

Ollie runs like he’s on fire
Eight years old and wild and free
Two different storms under this roof
Both carrying pieces of me

Your hands don’t fit like they used to
But I still check your doors at night
Your mum and I built this home
Brick by brick with love and fight

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Pre-Chorus

Every bruise, every hard lesson
Every time you test the line
We’re teaching you to stand up straight
While we’re praying you stay mine

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Chorus

I would fight the world to keep you safe
Stand in front of every storm
But I wasn’t made to keep you boys
I was made to make you strong

Be steady, be dangerous with kindness
Be the men I know you’ll be
And when I have to step aside
Walk taller than me

You’re our blood, our name, our fire
You’re the reason we stand tall
And when the day comes we let you go
You’ll know…
We gave you all

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Verse 2

Joe, you’re learning how to carry weight
I see it in your eyes
That quiet strength, that question mark
About the world outside

Ollie, you still reach for my hand
Like I can fix it all
And part of me wants time to freeze
Before you both outgrow these walls

But I see the way you guard each other
No one taught you that
That silent code between two brothers
“I’ve always got your back.”

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Pre-Chorus

One day I won’t walk beside you
You’ll move ahead of me
And that’s the cost a father pays
For raising sons to be free

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Chorus (Bigger)

I would fight the world to keep you safe
Take every hit that comes
But I didn’t raise you just to hide
I raised you into men

Be loyal, be fierce in the right ways
Protect what you love most
And when I’m not there in the fight
Be the man you saw me show

You’re our blood, our name, our fire
You’re the best of what we’ve done
And when the day comes we let you go
We’ll know…
Our work’s begun

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Bridge (Raw, stripped down)

I won’t always be the strongest man in the room
One day… that’ll be you

And if your mum and I did this right
You won’t need us to fight your battles

But I hope…
When you look back

You remember
We never stopped choosing you

(Drums build. Choir swell.)

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Final Chorus (Full cinematic lift)

I would fight the world to keep you safe
But now I trust who you’ll become
I didn’t raise you to stay my boys
I raised you to be my sons

Joe… stand firm when it’s heavy
Ollie… lead with your heart
And when the world tries to break you down
Remember who you are

You’re our blood, our name, our fire
You’re the best of all we’ve done
And when the day comes we let you go
We’ll know…
We’ve already won

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Final Line (Drop everything. One vocal. No music.)

Because the greatest thing I’ll ever build…
Is the men you become.

Sons of legion, male