[Verse 1]
They painted fear on every doorway
They wrote the rules in rusted stone
They turned our schools into their stages
Taught us to kneel and walk alone
But I kept names inside my notebook
Faces free in margin lines
Smuggled hope in folded pages
Passed it down the crooked line
[Chorus]
We are the waking
We are the storm you tried to drown
Hands up
Hearts shaking
Still we are marching through your town
You can steal the day
But the night still learns our names
We are the waking
We are the ones you couldn't tame (hey!)
[Verse 2]
They pulled the mothers from the markets
For asking why the prices bled
They jailed a girl for one small question
Cut her hair and called her threat
We stitched her story on our jackets
Wore her face like burning thread
Every checkpoint
Every searchlight
Read that question in their heads
[Chorus]
We are the waking
We are the storm you tried to drown
Hands up
Hearts shaking
Still we are marching through your town
You can steal the day
But the night still learns our names
We are the waking
We are the ones you couldn't tame (oh yeah)
[Bridge]
Say her name
Till the towers start to sway
Say his name
Till the uniforms turn grey
Say our names
Till your silence starts to crack
You can push us down
But we’re already coming back (hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
We are the waking
We are the storm you tried to drown
Hands up
Hearts shaking
Still we are marching through your town
You can steal the day
But the night still learns our names
We are the waking
We are the ones you couldn't tame
[Outro]
We are
We are
We are the waking
We are
We are
Never breaking