Say Independence Day

This AI Heavy Metal song is to celebrate the United States of America's 250th Birthday. [Intro] Why do we whisper what we ought to shout? Why do we shorten what the day’s about? You don’t call Christmas “the twenty-fifth” So what are we doing with this? [Verse 1] Fireworks cracking in a black sky haze Flags on porches in the summer blaze Everybody’s yelling, “Happy Fourth!” Fourth of what? Say it, let it come forth You don’t say “the first” when the year turns new You don’t say “the twenty-fifth” when the bells break through You don’t call Thanksgiving “that Thursday feast” So why does this one get cut to pieces? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe it’s long, maybe it’s loud Maybe the meaning got buried in the crowd Maybe we forgot what the thunder was for Maybe freedom’s just a sale at the store [Chorus] Say Independence Day! Don’t shave the fire off the name Say Independence Day! Let the whole sky carry the flame Not just the fourth, not just a date Not just smoke over paper plates Say Independence Day! Say the name! [Verse 2] Are we afraid old England might complain? Are we scared of history, scared of the pain? Nobody’s mad at the tea anymore But we still know what the thunder was for Too many syllables? Come on, man You can sing every word to a stadium band You can name every brand on a grill-side tray But you can’t say Independence Day? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe it’s habit, maybe it’s sleep Maybe the roots don’t run that deep Maybe we traded the reason away For a long weekend and a parking-lot sale [Chorus] Say Independence Day! Don’t shave the fire off the name Say Independence Day! Let the whole sky carry the flame Not just the fourth, not just a date Not just smoke over paper plates Say Independence Day! Say the name! [Breakdown] THE FOURTH OF WHAT? Independence Day! THE FOURTH OF WHAT? Independence Day! Don’t bury the birthright under the smoke! Don’t choke the word until the meaning’s broke! Don’t hand me a sparkler and call it the flame! Say the day! Say the name! [Bridge] It’s more than red glare and bottle rockets More than loose change in corporate pockets More than lawn chairs, charcoal, and beer It’s the sound of a people refusing fear No, it ain’t perfect, no, it ain’t clean But freedom was never a vending machine It was bought with blood, with grit, with graves So don’t reduce it to the number of days [Final Chorus] Say Independence Day! Don’t shave the fire off the name Say Independence Day! Let the whole sky carry the flame Not just the fourth, not just a date Not just smoke over paper plates Say Independence Day! Say the name! [Outro] THE FOURTH OF WHAT? Independence Day! THE FOURTH OF WHAT? Independence Day! Say it louder Say it straight Say the meaning Not just the date INDEPENDENCE DAY! I hope you enjoyed the song.