Losing Our Ways

[Verse 1]
We used to raise the barn together, hands calloused side by side
Neighbors knew your name and troubles, doors were open wide
Kids played in the street till supper, flags waved in the breeze
Now the porch lights flicker lonely under dying maple trees
We traded front porch stories for a screen that never sleeps
Chasing likes and dollar signs while the old ways fade and weep
[Chorus]
Oh, we’re losing our ways, America, slipping through our hands
Forgetting how to love thy neighbor in this divided land
They’re chipping at our rights like chisels on a stone
While we scroll on through the night, too tired and numb to own
Lord, wake us up before the light of liberty is gone
We’re losing our ways, America — where did we go wrong?
[Verse 2]
Used to borrow cups of sugar, watch each other’s kids
Now we lock the doors at sunset, suspicious of what the next one did
Everyone’s an island floating in a sea of glowing blue
Too busy pointing fingers to see what the mirror’s showing you
We built this house on freedom, blood and sweat and sacred trust
Now we fight each other daily while the roof turns into rust
[Chorus]
Oh, we’re losing our ways, America, slipping through our hands
Forgetting how to love thy neighbor in this divided land
They’re chipping at our rights like chisels on a stone
While we scroll on through the night, too tired and numb to own
Lord, wake us up before the light of liberty is gone
We’re losing our ways, America — where did we go wrong?
[Verse 3]
They watch us from the towers, tell us what we cannot say
Regulate our voices, regulate the light of day
Papers full of promises that turn to chains of steel
While the Constitution gathers dust on some forgotten wheel
They say it’s for our safety, but the cost is freedom’s flame
Trading birthright for false comfort, forgetting why we came
[Bridge]
It ain’t left, it ain’t right — it’s just wrong to lose the fight
For the simple dream our fathers bled for underneath that starry night
Time to put the phones down, time to look your neighbor in the eye
Remember who we are before the last free eagle learns to fly
[Chorus]
Yeah, we’re losing our ways, but it don’t have to stay this way
We can still love our neighbor, still stand up for brighter days
Take back what they’re stealing, one heart, one hand, one prayer
Re-light the fire of freedom burning in the mountain air
Don’t let them snuff the lantern, don’t let the darkness win
We’re Americans, damn it — let the healing now begin
[Outro]
We’re losing our ways… but hope still remains…
If we remember who we are again.