Freedom’s Price Is Carved in Stone | A Memorial Day Blues Ballad

🎵This Memorial Day blues song was written to honor the souls who gave their last breath for our freedom. “Freedom’s Price Is Carved in Stone” is not just a song—it’s a heartfelt tribute, a poetic remembrance, and a blues lament steeped in sacred gratitude. Each verse walks among the headstones of those who never made it home. Each note carries the weight of valor and sacrifice.

It’s a quiet song that echoes loud—through hills, through history, through every prayer whispered over a folded flag.

🕊️ Why This Song Was Written

This blues ballad was written to remember those whose sacrifice paved the way for liberty. This song isn’t about politics, power, or pride. It’s about love. It’s about those who laid down their lives so others could rise. I wanted to give voice to what can’t be fully spoken, to let the music carry the burden of both grief and gratitude.

In a world of noise, this is a moment to listen—to silence, to legacy, to the heartbeat of a nation that remembers. May we never take for granted what was purchased in blood. And may the living live in such a way that the fallen would be proud.

🎶 Lyrics: Freedom’s Price Is Carved in Stone

[Verse 1]
Beneath the hills, beneath the clay,
The quiet ones are laid away.
No trumpet sounds, no marching feet,
Just wind and flags and hearts that beat.
They didn’t ask for golden praise,
They walked into the darkest days.
And now the morning rises slow,
Where fields of silent crosses grow.

[Verse 2]
Some were sons who kissed the ground,
Some were girls who stood their ground.
Some were hearts that burned so bright,
They lit the sky in dead of night.
They gave us more than we can hold—
A dream, a promise, strong and bold.
And though we speak their names in stone,
They’ve built a light we call our own.

[Verse 3]
Their stories live in children’s songs,
In freedom’s dance, in righting wrongs.
In folded flags and empty chairs,
In whispered prayers and quiet stares.
They walk with us in shadowed light,
Reminding us to do what's right.
Their courage carved a higher way,
A silent song we sing today.

[Verse 4]
Not just the fallen—those who grieve,
The ones who stay, who never leave.
The moms with frames upon the wall,
The dads who stood but had to fall.
The brothers, sisters, friends who cried,
Still holding on to hearts that died.
Their loss became a deeper flame—
A fire that speaks their sacred name.

[Verse 5]
So raise the flag, but raise it slow,
Let every ripple, every flow
Remind us all of what was paid
So liberty would not degrade.
This ground was bought by sacrifice—
Not once, not twice—but many lives.
And if we ever feel alone,
We walk on ground that’s not our own.

[Coda – Slow and Soulful]
Freedom’s price is carved in stone,
But echoes through our flesh and bone.
In every song, in every prayer,
The fallen rise—they’re always there.
No war can kill what love has grown…
For freedom’s price is carved in stone.

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