From the rusted bridges of forgotten steel towns
Where the factory lights flicker and the ghosts hang around
To the sun-bleached beaches where the waves crash and sigh
We've carried our scars, under the same endless sky
Whispers of protest in the city streets' roar
Prayers in the pews on a worn wooden floor
We're the farmer's calloused hands, the artist's wild fire
Bleeding the same red, chasing the same desire
Oh, Unite America, mend this frayed heart of ours
Let the rivers run deep, wash away all the hours
Of bitter division, the walls that we built
In the shadow of eagles, drowned out by the guilt
Hand over heart, from the red dirt to blue
We'll rise like the dawn, me and you, me and you
Unite America, feel the pull of the tide
In your eyes, I see home—let the healing begin inside
Remember the child with the flag in her fist
Eyes full of wonder, dreaming of what she might miss?
The veteran haunted by echoes of war's cruel song
The immigrant's hope in a language so strong
We've laughed in the rain on July Fourth nights
Cried through the storms, held on through the fights—
From Harlem's fierce rhythm to the prairie's soft call
One story unfolding, before we lose it all
Oh, Unite America, mend this frayed heart of ours
Let the rivers run deep, wash away all the hours
Of bitter division, the walls that we built
In the shadow of eagles, drowned out by the guilt
Hand over heart, from the red dirt to blue
We'll rise like the dawn, me and you, me and you
Unite America, feel the pull of the tide
In your eyes, I see home—let the healing begin inside
What if we listened to the silence between?
The ache in the anthem, the unspoken dream
No more "us" versus "them" in the cold midnight air
Just brothers and sisters, breathing the same prayer
Oh, can you feel it? The ground starts to shake
A thousand lost voices, wide awake for the take—
One nation, one fire, burning bright through the pain
We'll weave back the fabric, thread by thread, again
Unite America... (softly) mend this frayed heart
From the red dirt to blue, we'll rise like the dawn
Hand over heart, me and you
Unite America... let the healing... begin
(Fade with harmonious hums, echoing "home... home")