How America Lost Its Moral Compass
Oh say, can you see what we’ve become? When justice bends and truth comes undone.
[Verse 1]
There was a time we lit the dark,
With truth engraved in fire and bark.
A dream declared in freedom's name,
A torch we passed, a sacred flame.
But greed crept in on velvet paws,
Rewriting rights with rigged new laws.
From gilded towers and whispered deals,
They sold the heart, they broke the seal.
[Chorus]
Oh say, can you see what we’ve become?
When justice bends and truth comes undone.
The stars are dimmed, the stripes are frayed,
In silence now, our values fade.
This is how the truth gets lost—
When freedom comes with such a cost.
We watched it drift, like ash and dust...
This is how America lost its moral compass.
[Verse 2]
They called dissent a threat, a crime,
Tore pages from the book of time.
The ACLU, your church, your school—
Now marked as enemies by rule.
They raised the tyrant’s flag instead,
And cheered while sacred voices bled.
The press, the vote, the people's will—
All held hostage, silent, still.
[Chorus]
Oh say, can you see what we’ve become?
When power speaks with loaded guns.
They choke the air, they shame the brave,
Then drape the flag across the grave.
This is how the light turns cold—
When fear is bought and justice sold.
We closed our eyes, we broke our trust…
This is how America lost its moral compass.
[Bridge]
But somewhere deep in battered soil,
Still burns the truth they couldn’t spoil.
The voices rise, the hearts still beat,
In every protest, every street.
We still believe in something more,
Than gilded greed or bloody war.
We still can fight, we still can stand—
With open hearts and outstretched hands.
[Final Chorus – hopeful twist]
Oh say, will you rise and take a vow?
To bring us back to who we are now.
To light the torch, to break the chain,
To heal the hurt, to end the shame.
It’s not too late, we still have breath,
To choose the path that leads from death.
Together we can rise from dust…
And find the compass we lost in us.