Breaker

This one hurts

A young Christian man took a bullet for speaking his mind

Name was Charlie

Husband, daddy, voice for the kids

Lord, why'd it go down like that?

Stage lights cold as a winter rain

One breath, one prayer, then the world went strange

Crowd froze up when the thunder cracked

Truth on a mic and a life attacked

He talked about hope in a storming land

Bible in the heart and a promise in his hands

But a shadow reached from a coward's perch

Cut down a son in the middle church

And I swear if the tables turned the other way

Y'all know there'd be fires in the streets today

But here we stand with candles and a folded flag

Begging God for mercy on the road we drag

How dare they steal the breath from a faithful man?

How dare they stain the grass where his boots once stand?

They call us evil, point at our cross

Then pull that trigger and reckon no cost

If it were theirs, there'd be sirens and flames

But we're praying for truth while we whisper his name

Charlie, we ain't letting go your hand

Erica holding on the picture frame

Two little hearts asking who's to blame

America's weeping like a mourning dove

When a voice falls silent that was speaking love

He stirred up halls where the lions roar

Told young souls they were made for more

Now we kneel in the quiet where the echoes ring

And promise to carry what he came to bring

If the shoe was flipped, you'd hear a different cry

We'll choose the truth and we won't reply

With fire for fire, stone for stone

We'll stand for justice, and we won't back down

How dare they steal the breath from a faithful man?

How dare they stain the grass where his boots once stand?

They call us evil, point at our cross

Then pull that trigger and reckon no cost

If it were theirs, there'd be sirens and flames

But we're praying for truth while we whisper his name

Charlie, we ain't letting go of your hand

Let the sheriff ride and the truth come clean

Let the darkness face what it's never seen

We won't forget and we won't lose heart

Soaring his mission where the fields are sparse

To every kid who thinks they're alone

Take up the banner and bring it home

Speak what's right through the night feels long

Make your life the answer, make your faith a song

How dare they steal the breath from a faithful man?

But grace still moves like the river can

We'll lift that cross, we'll guard that flame

Hold tight to hope and say his name

If it were theirs

They'd burn the town

But we'll fight with truth, we won't bow down

Charlie, your light keeps riding on

For Charlie, for his family

For every kid who needed that voice, we'll carry it now

Rest in peace Charlie

Diesel out