Parchment And Steel

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Under a morning sky, the paper caught the light. A promise in the hands of people standing right. From town to town it traveled, folded, read, and kept. A vow for every person, for the roads we have not stepped. [Pre-Chorus] Small hands, big dreams, all gathered here. One voice rising, clear and near. From the first brave signatures to the lives we share, a country learned its calling by the way we cared. [Chorus] We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident Thomas Jefferson, hear the line We rise together, side by side We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident For every child, for every town We lift that promise, strong and proud [Verse 2] By the river, by the harbor, in the schoolyard, on the farm, in the crowded city mornings, in the quiet home and barn. Different voices, one agreement, different hearts, one beat. Law and liberty together kept us standing on our feet. [Pre-Chorus] Raise it high, let it ring. Bound by justice, let us sing. Not just words upon a page, but a path we choose each day, to listen, work, and build it in a hundred honest ways. [Chorus] We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident Thomas Jefferson, hear the line We rise together, side by side We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident For every child, for every town We lift that promise, strong and proud [Bridge] Soft like a flute in dawn, strong like a marching line, we keep the faith in motion, one step, one life, one time. Not one hand, but many, not one day, but years, building something lasting through our hopes and fears. [Final Chorus] We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident Thomas Jefferson, hear the line We rise together, side by side We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident For every child, for every town We lift that promise, strong and proud We hold these truths to be self-evident We hold these truths to be self-evident From sea to shining tomorrow We sing it loud, we stand as one