Lyrics

Verse 1]
We crossed the river at the break of dawn
Mud on our boots and the radio gone
Charlie lit a smoke with trembling hands
Said, “We take the hill, or we make our stand”

[Verse 2]
Shells were singing like a gospel choir
Steel and thunder, blood and fire
Tommy went down with his name unsaid
We buried him fast, just a prayer in our head

[Chorus]
But the flag still flies in the morning light
Though the cost was high, and the line was tight
We held the ground though the sky turned black
And we won the war—but we can't bring them back

[Verse 3]
Mary sent a letter with a photo inside
Of a boy with his dog and his father’s eyes
She wrote, “He asks where his daddy's gone”
What do you say when the brave don’t come home?

[Chorus]
But the flag still flies in the morning light
Though the cost was high, and the line was tight
We held the ground though the sky turned black
And we won the war—but we can't bring them back

[Bridge]
Now the fields are green where the poppies grow
And the silence speaks of the things we know
We drink to the ghosts in the barracks hall
The boys who stood, and the boys who’d fall

[Final Chorus]
Yes, the flag still flies, proud and torn
O'er the names on the stone, for the ones we mourn
We won the war, and we wear the pride
But a part of us never came back from that fight

[Outro – soft instrumental with fading guitar]
The wind still whispers through the fields of the fallen…