They carved us up like butcher's meat
Sold the pieces by the pound
Black against white, straight against proud
City mouse and country clown
They whispered in the ear of fear
"Your neighbor stole your crown"
Now every mirror's cracked in half
And every bridge is burning down

Red ties, blue ties, all the same knife
Cutting deeper just to stay in life

This is identity politics – poison in the well
Turning brothers into enemies, raising private hells
But I remember purple mountains, amber waves that nod
We were one nation under God
Yeah, one nation under God

They put a price on every pain, auctioned off the grief
Told the poor man"hate the rich," told the rich man"hate the thief"
While their pockets lined with blood money, smiling through their teeth
We're screaming at the shadows they paid to stand in front of us

Same game, different names on the marquee
Same chains, just painted differently [Chorus]
This is identity politics – venom in the vein
Turning every scar into a ballot, every wound into a chain
But I still hear the church bells ringing through the fog
We were one nation under God
Yeah, one nation under God

Drop the labels, drop the flags that only fly halfway
Look your neighbor in the eye – see the child he used to be
We've been played like cheap guitars in a rich man's symphony
Time to break the strings and sing in our own key

No more identity politics, let the liars choke on dust
We're done with rented rage and manufactured mistrust
From the rust-belt to the coastline, every color, every blood
We are one nation under God
Indivisible under God
With liberty and justice for all of us
Under God [Outro – fading choir, lone harmonica]
E pluribus unum remember what that means
Out of many, one dream
One nation under God