Transcript (en)

Before the fireworks painted the sky Before the anthems made the eagles fly There were boots upon the frozen ground Young men marching without a sound At Bunker Hill, they drew the line At Gettysburg, they held the spine Through Normandy and I will dream ashore They gave their all and then gave more They didn ask for monuments of stone They only asked to bring their brothers home Here's to the ones who stood when the world was falling Here's to the ones who heard their country calling From valley forts to deserts far from home They carried the flag so we'd never walk alone Here's to the fallen, the brave, the unbroken To every silent grave, every word unspoken They built this freedom with blood upon the ground Here's to the ones who stood Who never backed down A mother holds a folded flag tonight A father salutes beneath the fading light In Arlington the road stands straight and white Each cross a name Each name a fight They're standing still On foreign soil So freedom's flame Would never spoil They didn't fight For glory or for fame They fought so you could speak Your children's name Some came home with scars they'd never show. Some came home in boxes draped in red and white and blue and some are standing guard right now beneath the sky they defending still for you Here's to the ones who stood when the world was falling. Here's to the ones who heard their country calling. And they carried the flag So we'd never walk alone Here's to the ones who stood Who never backed down I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm