[Intro — hush + phones up]
(whisper) Breathe in. Hold.
(soft) We are the spark they said was gone.
Crowd: Whoa—oh—oh… whoa—oh—oh…
(beat swells) Boom—boom—clap.
[Verse 1]
Cold stone breathing under floodlights, gates of iron, hearts of steel,
Rusted echoes in our chests until the rhythm learned to heal.
We were rumor, we were footnotes, now we’re letters tall as dawn,
When the bassline finds our spines, every doubt gets overthrown.
[Pre-Chorus]
Two hands in the air like antennas for the sun,
Two feet on the drum—hear the city become one.
If we fall, we fall upward, through the roof of what we feel—
Lean in—say it with me, make it real—
[Chorus]
We don’t pray to the stars, we raise ’em,
Hands up—light the colosseum.
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
Lightning marching in our ribs,
Choirs flying without wings—
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
Crowd: Hey! Hey! Hey!
[Post-Chorus / Drop]
Stomp—stomp—clap—clap—HEY!
Whoa—oh—oh! Whoa—oh—oh!
Make it bow—make it bow—MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
[Verse 2]
Every “no” became a staircase, every crack a cathedral tone,
We learned thunder has a pulse if you conduct it through your bones.
Write our names across the rafters with the ink of breathing fire,
Turn the fear into a choir, turn the choir into a wire.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Left side—are you ready? Right side—are you real?
Back row—make the concrete feel.
If we break, it’s just the ceiling giving way to how we feel—
Lean in—say it louder, make it real—
[Chorus]
We don’t pray to the stars, we raise ’em,
Hands up—light the colosseum.
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
Heartbeat cannons, silver rain,
Phone-light galaxies by name—
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
[Bridge — Halftime / pin-drop to roar]
(quiet) One spark / on stone / becomes a road.
One voice / finds two / becomes a roar.
Count the hearts / in the dark—
Every wall / is a door.
(choir enters)
When we breathe the word together, even silence has to feel—
Three… two… lift—
[Build — call/response]
Lead: Make!
Crowd (Left): Make!
Lead: The night!
Crowd (Right): The night!
Lead: Kneel!
Crowd (All): KNEEL!
All: Oh—oh—oh—oh— (toms roll, riser)
[Final Chorus — key lift]
We don’t pray to the stars, we raise ’em,
Hands up—light the colosseum.
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
Fireletters in our lungs,
Now the crown is crowd and drum—
Say our name, say our name—
MAKE THE NIGHT KNEEL.
Crowd: Hey! Hey! Hey! / KNEEL!
[Outro — voices only]
(soft) Breathe in the thunder.
(softer) Breathe out the crown.
Crowd: Whoa—oh—oh… (fade)
