[Verse 1]
Cold on the sidewalk
Families lined in the dawn
Different faces
Different stories
Same flag we’re leaning on
I see the fear in the headlines
I hear the shouting in the halls
But I still hear children laughing
Past the walls
[Pre-Chorus]
Are we just breaking?
Or can we bend and heal?
If this is our moment
Let’s say what’s real
[Chorus]
We will stand
We will rise
Through the fire
Through the ice
We’re the heart of this land
Beating wild
Beating strong
We will fight for America
For our nation
For her people
Tear the veil from the corruption and the lies
Hand in hand we’re gonna face it all
’Cause liberty won’t let go of us at all
[Verse 2]
She’s on the harbor watching
Torch held high in the rain
Every color on her shoreline
Every language
Every name
They try to sell us the shadows
Tell us truth is up for sale
But you can’t bribe a mother
When her child’s future’s on the scale
[Pre-Chorus]
Are we divided
Or just scared to see?
Under all the anger
You still look like me
[Chorus]
We will stand
We will rise
Through the fire
Through the ice
We’re the heart of this land
Beating wild
Beating strong
We will fight for America
For our nation
For her people
Tear the veil from the corruption and the lies
Hand in hand we’re gonna face it all
’Cause liberty won’t let go of us at all
[Bridge]
From the fields to the factories
From the hills to the coast
Every name in the roll call
Every oath that we’ve spoke
We’re the promise
Not the power
We’re the ones who choose the way
We’re the voice that shakes the towers
When we say
[Chorus]
We will stand
We will rise
Through the fire
Through the ice
We’re the heart of this land
Beating wild
Beating strong (oh, so strong)
We will fight for America
For our nation
For her people
Tear the veil from the corruption and the lies
Hand in hand we’re gonna face it all
’Cause liberty won’t let go of us at all
[Outro]
Every color
Every story
Under one wide sky we fall
Statue on the water shining
She’s still standing for us all