One More Dawn

**One More Dawn** **Verse 1** Dust on your boots from a world far away, You carried the flag through the heat of the fray. Came home to a porch light, but the war followed you, Shadows in the bottle, ghosts callin' your name too. **Pre-Chorus** But out in the quiet, when the night starts to close... **Chorus** Brother, hold the line, One more dawn breakin' over the pines. You've fought through the fire, you've earned every scar, The good Lord's still writin' your story, not done by far. We've got your six, reach out if you fall, You're still standin' tall—answer the call. Brother, hold the line... One more dawn. **Verse 2** Little ones waitin' with eyes full of questions, "Why's Daddy starin' at old photographs again?" The weight on your shoulders feels heavier than lead, But your battle ain't over—there's life up ahead. **Pre-Chorus** When the demons keep whisperin', tryin' to win... **Chorus** Brother, hold the line, One more dawn breakin' over the pines. You've fought through the fire, you've earned every scar, The good Lord's still writin' your story, not done by far. We've got your six, reach out if you fall, You're still standin' tall—answer the call. Brother, hold the line... One more dawn. **Bridge** **(slower, stripped back to guitar/steel, building emotion)** It takes a brave man to say, "I need help tonight," To lay down the armor and step into the light. Your brothers are waitin', no judgment, no shame, Just hands reachin' out—call out the name. You're more than the missions, more than the fight, You're a father, a friend, still burnin' bright. **Final Chorus** **(full band, harmonies stacking, key up half-step for lift)** Brother, hold the line, One more dawn, chasin' away the night. No hero left behind, no more fightin' alone, Come home to the livin'—you're never unknown. Brother, hold the line... One more dawn... Hold the line... One more dawn. **Outro** **(fade with acoustic picking, soft vocal)** Yeah, brother... hold the line. Dawn's comin'. You're enough.