Flag in the Pit

Lyrics

[Intro] Hands up Hearts loud Crowd surge We’re proud (hey!) [Verse 1] We’re the kids in patched-up jackets Coffee breath and busted shoes History books said “sit down Listen” We tore out the “must obey” rules We pledge to the ones beside us To the weird The broke The brave Every voice a burning banner Every scream a busted chain [Chorus] This is our flag in the pit Hold it high Don’t you quit (whoa-oh) Every scar Every shout That’s the anthem we live We the loud We the lost We forgive We resist Yeah this beat This breath This spit Is our flag in the pit [Verse 2] Moms on strike and dads on third shifts Dreams on layaway again Teachers sleep on stacks of grading Still they show and still they stand We toast the ones who never make it Into statues made of stone Write their names across the sidewalks Call that ground our sacred throne [Chorus] This is our flag in the pit Hold it high Don’t you quit (whoa-oh) Every scar Every shout That’s the anthem we live We the loud We the lost We forgive We resist Yeah this beat This breath This spit Is our flag in the pit [Bridge] Not a prayer to some cold marble Not a song for gilded kings It’s for trailer parks and tall blocks For the line cooks and the swings Hand on heart? Try hand in hand Raise your voice till fences shake If the future needs a chorus We’ll be there Wide awake (hey!) [Chorus] This is our flag in the pit Hold it high Don’t you quit (whoa-oh, whoa-oh) Every scar Every shout That’s the anthem we live We the loud We the lost We forgive We resist From the floor to the cheap seats It’s Our flag in the pit (our flag, our fight, our grit)