Somebody Stood The Watch

🎸 [Intro] [Spoken quietly:] “Most people sleep peacefully… because somebody else agreed not to…” [Verse 1] Boots by the doorway Dog tags on the dresser Mama trying hard not to cry under pressure Little kid asking when daddy coming home While halfway across the world he sitting scared and alone People talk war like it’s headlines and maps But out there it’s birthdays soldiers never get back It’s best friends carried home under folded flags Phone calls that change whole families fast And still… they volunteer anyway That kind of courage hard to explain 🌑 [Pre-Chorus] Cause freedom ain’t just words people tweet online Sometimes it look like sacrifice nobody sees in time 🔥 [Chorus] SOMEBODY STOOD THE WATCH THROUGH THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE FEAR THROUGH THE LOSS SO THE REST OF US COULD LIVE LIKE THIS AND SOME PAID THE PRICE MOST OF US NEVER WOULD 🎸 [Break] [Verse 2] Not every scar bleeding on the outside Some battles follow soldiers home every night Fireworks sound different when you seen real smoke Silence hit harder when you carrying ghosts And people forget sometimes after the welcome home The hardest war can start after they alone Trying to fit back into normal life After surviving things nobody should survive But still they show up Still salute the flag Still carry brothers and sisters they never got back 🔥 [Chorus] SOMEBODY STOOD THE WATCH… [Bridge] This ain’t about politics This ain’t about left or right This is about human beings who gave pieces of themselves for people they’d never even meet And some gave everything 🔥 [Final Chorus] SOMEBODY STOOD THE WATCH WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD KEPT SPINNING WHILE FAMILIES WAITED AND PRAYED THEY’D MAKE IT BACK LIVING SO TONIGHT WE REMEMBER THE ONES STILL FIGHTING AND THE ONES WHO NEVER MADE IT HOME 🎸 [Outro] “…we remember…”