(Verse)
The morning broke like any other,
Boots hit dirt with the rising sun.
Another patrol down familiar roads,
Another mission to get done.
Jokes were passed between his brothers,
Eyes still scanning every street.
Then the silence broke in seconds…
With the crack of enemy heat.
(Pre-Chorus)
The dust was still around them,
The echoes filled the sky.
One brother made the ultimate choice…
So that others would survive.
(Chorus)
Dog tags hanging from a rifle,
Standing silent where a hero stood.
Empty boots still face tomorrow,
Helmet resting where he gave his blood.
A battlefield remembers,
Even after all the smoke has cleared.
Then a folded flag finds waiting hands…
As a nation fights back tears.
(Verse)
He pulled his brothers into cover,
While bullets cut the morning air.
One found its mark, he hit the ground,
Still calling out that he was there.
He held the picture from back home,
As daylight slowly slipped away.
Surrounded by the ones he loved…
He gave his life that day.
(Pre-Chorus)
Some hearts stop beating,
But Their legacy lives on.
The mission keeps on moving,
But they’re never truly gone.
(Chorus)
Dog tags hanging from a rifle,
Standing silent where a hero stood.
Empty boots still face tomorrow,
Helmet resting where he gave his blood.
A battlefield remembers,
Even after all the smoke has cleared.
Then a folded flag finds waiting hands…
As a nation fights back tears.
(Guitar solo)
(Bridge)
Twenty-one guns break the silence,
A bugle cries into the sky.
Every salute says what words never could,
Every goodbye asks us why.
Freedom has a thousand faces,
Some we’ll never get to know.
But every sunrise over this country
Is a gift they helped bestow.
(Final Chorus)
Dog tags hanging from a rifle,
Standing silent where a hero stood.
Empty boots still face tomorrow,
Helmet resting where he gave his blood.
A battlefield remembers,
Even after all the smoke has cleared.
Then a folded flag finds waiting hands…
As a nation fights back tears.
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