Beneath the skies where mountains rise,
Where lochs lie still with ancient eyes,
Scotland stands with weathered grace,
A land of pride, a restless place.

The thistle grows through stone and strife,
A stubborn bloom, a pulse of life.
The lion roars in whispered song,
Of battles past, of right and wrong.

A voice once bound, now seeks to fly,
To carve its future ‘neath its sky.
No longer just a northern part,
But beating with a sovereign heart.

Holyrood speaks with careful tone,
Yet still beneath a London throne.
Voices call for what was lost,
Yet freedom bears a heavy cost.

They speak of oil, of tax and ties,
Of Europe’s door and broken lies.
Of culture kept and sold away,
Of tartan dreams and Judgment Day.

But more than votes or lines on maps,
It's heart and hope that fill the gaps.
A nation’s soul, too long dismissed,
Now rises, clenched in dewy mist.

So let the world and history see
A land that years not just to be -
But to decide, to stand, to say:
“We shape our own tomorrow’s day”