Shield for the Family

When the going gets tough, the tough just double down

Their hands are rough and cut up from the plow

But that let up just never comes around

Pushing that limit another hour

Another night

When the news came you were staring in the mirror

The place is now, the time is here

The misty lighthouse embers disappear

The captain, his horizons coming clear

You're gonna be a shield for the family

You're gonna be arrows' delight

You've gotta be a shield for the family

You're gonna be holding the line

Now the weight's a little heavier each day

The lines a little deeper, a little harder to erase

How did you end up in this strange place?

When did you stop waiting for a change?

You've gotta be a shield for the family

Like oak wood, unyielding to the knife

So steady your feet through calm, calamity

You've gotta be there to provide

On the shoreline stood the prince

He had a vision, had a dream

The steady wind of uncertainty rushed in

The wave came screaming, sink or swim

Let the treading begin

Atlas held his sky up high and smiled

"Another step, another mile"