[Verse 1]
Hot July
County fair air
Flags in the sky
Steel rail stage
Sun in his eyes
Crowd on the rise
Then that crack
Sharp as lightning over the choir
One breath
Between silence and sirens and fire
[Pre-Chorus]
People hit the ground
Names lost in the sound
Somewhere in the chaos
He turns back around
[Chorus]
Bullet in the hat
Blood on his face
Still he’s standing
Still in that place
Fist in the air
Voice like a flame
“I’m not done yet” running through the veins
You can knock him down
You can take your shot
But you don’t stop a storm with a single drop
Bullet in the hat
He’s still here
Built out of anger
Built out of fear
And something tougher than fear
[Verse 2]
Secret Service
Shields like walls
Hands on his back
Metal stairs
Red on white collar
Soaking the flag
Through the haze
He looks past pain
Stares at the hill
One arm raised
Says with his body
“I’m here still”
[Pre-Chorus]
History’s a bruise
Purple
But it proves
Some men keep on moving
When they should be through
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
They thought that moment
Might tear the page
End the speech
Freeze the frame
Close the stage
But he walks through the smoke
Like it’s part of the road
Wears the wound on his face
Like a story he owns
[low vocal register]
Not backing away
Not fading to black
High risk day
But he never stepped back
[Chorus]