We Were Never The Same Lyrics - Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark

God saved the queen, but he left you a dream 

With your brave stuffed in bellies of ships that drifted in 

The gate to the west was wide open 

This promised land seemed an infinite land 

And we nestled ourselves in your arms and the warmth of your skin 

And that great western plain was never the same again 

It took years to adjust to our freedom 

The young and the proud, how we wondered aloud 

About brotherly love and then push comes to shove once again 

No death in vain 

But we were never the same again 

The sweat and the tears of the formative years 

The highways were veins pumping life to remains of the land 

A new era began 

They caught you in bed with Miss Fortune 

Poverty bound you were stripped of your crown 

All the storms had been weathered 

It brought us together again 

And then September came 

And we were never the same again 

Centuries passed and you're still just a girl 

But this last generation's not long for this world 

Who would rather remember the 12th of September 

We're all patriots when the orange of the embers still glow 

I think that you know 

That I'm telling you this 'cause I love you 

I love that you're proud 

But you're also too loud 

So bring it down to a whisper 

And wait for the world to lean in 

And the home of the brave 

Is etched on the graves again 

Remember their names 

We were never the same