I Still Hold the Line

A song about being a god fearing, stoic, family man.

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Lyrics:

I wake before the sun, coffee black as sin
Calloused hands on this wheel, same route I’m always in
They say a man’s supposed to bend, supposed to chase the wind
But I still kiss my wife goodbye and teach my boys to stand
The TV screams I’m wrong, the timeline calls me hate
For lovin’ one woman forever, for prayin’ when I wake
They want me on my knees, but not the way my daddy prayed
So I keep my back unbowed, my soul unswayed

I still hold the line, though the world’s gone blind
I still raise ‘em up the way my father raised me
I don’t need the crowd to tell me I’m allowed
To be the man that God and history made me
Let ‘em call me old, let ‘em call me cold
I’ll carry this cross of gold
Yeah, I still hold the line

I don’t scroll for my worth, don’t need a thousand likes
I measure life in Sunday dinners and my little girl’s bike
They say “evolve or die,” sell your roots for newer lies
But roots are what keep the tree alive when the storm arrives
I teach my son that feelings pass but honor stays for good
That a man controls himself when no one thinks he should
The world’s a slot machine, flashing neon lust and pride
But I ain’t pullin’ levers, I got nothin’ left to hide

I still hold the line, though the world’s gone blind
I still raise ‘em up the way my father raised me
I don’t dance for trends, I don’t fake amends
Just to keep some stranger’s temporary peace, see
Let ‘em mock, let ‘em sneer, I ain’t movin’ outta fear
I was born to stand right here
Yeah, I still hold the line
It ain’t about the rage, it’s quiet in the soul
Like Seneca in chains, still in control
The tide can rise, the culture shift and fall
A man who knows what’s true don’t fear the squall

So let the cities burn their incense to the new
I’ll be out back with my family, doin’ what men do
Protectin’ what is mine, livin’ clean and livin’ true
Till they lay me in the ground where the old oaks grew
I held the line, though the world went blind
I raised ‘em up the way my father raised me
And when they read my stone, let it be known
He never bowed, he never sold his soul for free
Yeah, he held the line
Lord knows, he held the line

I held the line…
I held the line.

This song and artwork were created using Grok (lyrics & cover) and Suno (music). All elements are AI-generated.

That said.... it sounds awesome.