Stand
by @dr_griff
Liner Notes
#folk #filk #singersongwriter #protest
Believe it or not, a song from "Dear Evan Hansen" gave me the approximate beat pattern for this, and that's what took me the longest to figure out how to do on my guitar. Also, this is still very much a WIP. I want to do more to it, but right now I also just want to put it up so I can move on to other songs.
Lyrics
Capo 3
Verse 1
C F
We’re shocked and awed
G C
By what they’re doing now
F G
They’ve been waiting just for this to grab it all
C F
They know that
G C
and they know just what they’re doing
F Am
It’s our time to fight, come on and heed the call
F G
It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul
Verse 2 Institutions sacked This looks like piracy The hacking they’ve perfected as they maul Our democracy, our systems and our people It’s our battle and we’re fighting ’til they fall It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul
Pre-Chorus
F G Am
We’re facing all of our worst fears
F G Am
There isn’t time to dry our tears
F Am
Right now we’re throwing sand in the gears
G
In any way we can
Chorus F Am We’re in a war we didn’t ask for F G We have to stand and fight F Am We are fighting to take us back from them F G We have to do what’s right F Am We will stand until tomorrow F G And all tomorrows after that and then F Am G We will stand for our nation again
Verse 3 We are stunned and dazed But we don’t have time for that now They’ve been lying there in wait to take it all They’ve invaded us It’s an offensive, it’s offensive It’s a showdown, it’s a skirmish, it’s a brawl It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
F
Don’t listen to their lies G Believe in what we share C Don’t let them get inside your head Am We will fight them everywhere Don’t listen to their falsehoods Or their propaganda war Stand beside us And fight them to the core
Verse 4 We are bold and brave And we are so determined We’ve been waiting for this battle, make them stall We will push them back And rebuild our institutions We will fight them, we will stop them, they will fall It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
OUTTRO We will stand until tomorrow And all tomorrows after that and then F G C Our nation will stand for us again
Comments
Nice playing, I always enjoy you music.
Boom! Last line is wonderful, brings it round to the reason we are fighting!
I like the feeling, the urgency and it’s different feom what you’ve done in the past, and I admit it, i like it.
The guitar part is very animated and makes you want to get up and take action. The vocal melody (and its delivery! ) on the verse is a clarion call.
Lyrically I think the mixture of W/Iraq war era rhetoric ("shock and awe") with Trump Admin I rhetoric ("grab them by ..." etc.) is effective. Like, the other shoe is dropping now, this isn't abstract anymore, time to protest this like it's a war protest