This is the 2020 musical rendition of a poem I wrote in 2017. Below are the lyrics for the musical version. This is really a call to patriotism for everyone who understands that our flag represents the ideals that our nation stands for (in spite of errors that people and governments make along the way). And that our role is to enact those ideals, supporting one another as we work with this complex and beautiful idea of freedom.
I am a writer, not a professional singer / musician. I'm very open to collaboration with a patriotic singer to have this song redone professionally.
I am a writer, not a professional singer / musician. I'm very open to collaboration with a patriotic singer to have this song redone professionally.
Patriots Rise:
An Ode to the Red White and Blue
Patriots rise, and with them too
Comes waving a flag of Red, White, and Blue.
We wave it because of the meaning it brings:
A symbol of freedom from tyrants and kings.
A symbol of fighting for something more:
Fighting for good, not fighting for war;
Resisting those who would hold us down;
Uprooting those with a wrongful crown.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
The flag is a symbol of fighting the fight
Against the darkness and for the light.
But standing for good requires more
Than just using weapons to fight a war.
It asks that each of us do as we should,
Standing for others. Standing for good.
Assisting when family needs a hand;
A family that lives throughout the land.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
'Cross races, beliefs, and genders too,
We're one as a nation of Red, White, and Blue.
But a nation whose freedom will only come
When we live as a family; when we live as one.
Then can our nation continue the fights
Against those who threaten to take our rights;
Against kings and tyrants both hidden and seen;
Against the control of the global machine.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
Bridge:
So stand together as we fight for what is true.
Hold our ground for the Red, White, and Blue.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand. United we stand.
An Ode to the Red White and Blue
Patriots rise, and with them too
Comes waving a flag of Red, White, and Blue.
We wave it because of the meaning it brings:
A symbol of freedom from tyrants and kings.
A symbol of fighting for something more:
Fighting for good, not fighting for war;
Resisting those who would hold us down;
Uprooting those with a wrongful crown.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
The flag is a symbol of fighting the fight
Against the darkness and for the light.
But standing for good requires more
Than just using weapons to fight a war.
It asks that each of us do as we should,
Standing for others. Standing for good.
Assisting when family needs a hand;
A family that lives throughout the land.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
'Cross races, beliefs, and genders too,
We're one as a nation of Red, White, and Blue.
But a nation whose freedom will only come
When we live as a family; when we live as one.
Then can our nation continue the fights
Against those who threaten to take our rights;
Against kings and tyrants both hidden and seen;
Against the control of the global machine.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
Bridge:
So stand together as we fight for what is true.
Hold our ground for the Red, White, and Blue.
Chorus:
Knowing we're brothers and sisters all;
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand; divided we fall.
United we stand. United we stand.