[Verse 1]
Secondhand coat
Holes in the sleeve
Cardboard sign shaking
In the cold street breeze
You walk on by
But your heart turns back
Hear that quiet question
Under all this lack
[Chorus]
If you can hear this
Sing it out loud
We can be the light
We can be the crowd
Every little heartbeat
Every open hand
Turns a broken corner
Into promised land
If you can hear this
Lift your voice high
We can be the reason
Someone survives
We can be the reason
Someone survives (oh)
[Verse 2]
Empty fridge door
Buzzing like a storm
Baby shoes waiting
On the bedroom floor
You scroll past pain
On another screen
But you were born a lantern
For somebody’s dream
[Chorus]
If you can hear this
Sing it out loud
We can be the light
We can be the crowd
Every little heartbeat
Every open hand
Turns a broken corner
Into promised land
If you can hear this
Lift your voice high
We can be the reason
Someone survives
We can be the reason
Someone survives (hey)
[Bridge]
[Music drops to piano and soft claps
Distant crowd humming]
One voice
Then another
One hand
Then a sea
Strangers turning into
Chosen family
We don’t need perfection
Just a place to start
Pass the flame around
Heart to heart to heart (oh)
[Chorus]
If you can hear this
Sing it out loud
We can be the light
We can be the crowd
Every little heartbeat
Every open hand
Turns a broken corner
Into promised land
If you can hear this
Lift your voice high
We can be the reason
Someone survives
We can be the reason
Someone survives
[Outro]
If you can hear this
You’re somebody’s sign
We can be the reason
Someone survives