Lyrics by Will Foreman, Music by Travis Dow, Performed by Travis Dow
“There is a land where roses grow, and people think of life as art,
Eternal summer, pretty parks, with lovely cities here and there…
But from their soil springs the wealth that sets the people far apart
And in our nights…the distant cries…are asking if we care…
Native people, our nation owes a debt to you
We were driven by our greed and by our fear
To try the soul of this world we called new
Though more than ten thousand years you’ve been here.
There’s a shadow in the Soul of America
It’s there in all the faces that we see
We want to know the meaning of democracy…
And we long to solve the mystery…of our destiny…
We lived in peace among the trees, between the shores of golden seas
Until our nation came apart, our people fought…and many died
And then we set our guns aside, and trees began to grow new leaves,
And like an idea never tried, a vision that we love…survived…
There is a shadow in the Soul of America
and it’s there in all the faces that we see
There’s a mem-ory of slaves in America
and their children still struggle to be free
Yes, there’s a hole in the flag of democracy
When we can’t make elections truly fair
When the enemy that hounds us is hypocrisy…
Will we rise up and show the world we dare?
Then in the World Wars one-two-three, we fought to save democracy,
Our people good, intentions fair, but there were questions in the air,
How can we know who rules us now? And will we find the truth somehow?
How do we make elections fair? What greater purpose shall we share?
There’s a shadow in the Soul of America
It’s there in all the faces that we see
We want to know the meaning of democracy…
And we long to solve the mystery…of our destiny…
So let us choose our destiny, strike shadows from
our legacy,
Return like whispers in the trees, like roses float on
golden seas
And in the darkness of the night, we’re sure to find
we’re not alone…
That every eye turns toward the light…when the
order of the night is…overthrown… “