Paper Not Throne — DaddyLove

Intro

(We raised our hands)
(We swore the oath)
(To the paper, not the throne)

Verse 1

I signed the line when I was barely grown
Traded my name for a number, a flag, a home
Swore to defend what the founders carved in stone
Not a deal, not a donor, not a suit on a phone

Pre-Chorus

They sold us peace from a podium high
Said no more wars, looked us dead in the eye
But the jets are loaded and the orders came
And somebody's mama's gonna whisper a name

Chorus

I am the one who holds the line
I am the oath, I am the sign
You sleep in marble, I sleep in sand
You raise a glass, I raise my hand
I bleed for paper you never read
I die for words that you never said
I am the soldier, I am the proof
I am the Constitution's truth

Verse 2

They cheered the promise of bringing us home
Now they're drawing their maps of a foreign unknown
The taxpayers shouting and the Hill stays deaf
Sending sons and daughters for somebody else's flesh

Pre-Chorus

A thousand miles from the kids and the wife
Fighting a war that we never signed
The mansions are quiet, the chandeliers bright
While we load our rucks in the dead of night

Chorus

I am the one who holds the line
I am the oath, I am the sign
You sleep in marble, I sleep in sand
You raise a glass, I raise my hand
I bleed for paper you never read
I die for words that you never said
I am the soldier, I am the proof
I am the Constitution's truth

Rap Verse

Yeah, strap the plates, kiss the kids, tuck 'em in tight
Another plane, another war, another long night
They campaigned on peace but the ink never dried
Now it's flag-draped caskets and the nation asks why
I swore to the paper, not a party, not a name
Constitution on my chest, that's the only flame
They toast in the ballroom while we toast the fallen
Dodge every draft while we answer the calling
From Spangdahlem to sand, from the sea to the stars
We carry the weight while they carry cigars
We don't fight for a flag with a dollar sign
We fight for the words on the dotted line

Bridge

If I don't come home, tell my children why
Not for a headline, not for a lie
Tell them I believed in the words we wrote
In the land of the free, in the home of the oath

Final Chorus

I am the one who holds the line
I am the oath, I am the sign
You sleep in marble, I sleep in sand
You raise a glass, I raise my hand
I bleed for paper you never read
I die for words that you never said
I am the soldier, I am the proof
I am the Constitution's truth

Outro

(We the people)
(We the soldiers)
(We remember)
(We remember)