I watched you learn how not to fall,
how to stand up, how to stand tall.
From bedtime stories, lights turned low,
to packing bags, ready to go.
You’re finding courage in your name,
learning love, learning pain.
I’m proud of every step you choose,
even when it means I lose (a little…)
Politicians talk ’bout right and wrong,
draw lines on maps they won’t walk on.
They call it duty, call it fate,
but never feel the weight they create.
I raise my sons to live, not die,
to chase their dreams, to reach the sky.
You want a war to call your own—
send your own sons, leave mine alone.
No crown, no cause, no victory song
will make it right when they’re gone.
You stand on edges I once knew,
new skies above you breaking through.
I see you doubt, I see you fight,
learning your wrongs, claiming your right.
I won’t cage you in my fear,
you were never meant to stay right here.
Just promise me, whatever comes—
you come back home when day is done
They smile for cameras, calm and clean,
sell destruction as routine.
They light the fuse, then turn away,
while other people’s children pay.
I raise my sons to live, not die,
to chase their dreams, to reach the sky.
You want a war to call your own—
send your own sons, leave mine alone.
No crown, no cause, no victory song
will make it right when they’re gone.
If courage means to say “enough”,
then love is more than being tough.
You can keep your flags and thrones,
but don’t you touch my flesh and bone.
This ain’t hate, this ain’t fear—
it’s a father drawing lines right here.
I raise my sons to live, not die,
to chase their dreams, to reach the sky.
You want a war to call your own—
send your own sons, leave mine alone.
No crown, no cause, no victory song
will make it right when they’re gone.