Hope you plan to arrest us all

Hope You Plan to Arrest Us All

Verse 1:

Hope you plan to arrest us all,

Line us up from city to city, wall to wall.

Got enough handcuffs, got enough cells?

Better call your friends, you’ll need some help.

Verse 2:

Hope you’ve got a judge for every name,

A guard for every rebel you try to tame.

You’ll need a courtroom for every street,

And a prison for every drumbeat.

Chorus:

‘Cause alone we’re just a spark you can barely see in the dark,

But together we’re an army made of fire, burning bright with fierce desire.

We’re a burning choir, voices rising higher—

So good luck, Mr. President, hope you never tire!

Verse 3:

Got enough buses to haul us away?

Will you work overtime, night and day?

Maybe you’ll need stadiums, maybe a dome,

To fit all the people who won’t stay at home.

Will you cuff all the dreamers, the teachers, the cooks,

The writers, the fighters, the ones with the books?

Hope your paperwork’s ready, your pencils are sharp—

We’ll keep you busy from dawn until dark.

Verse 4:

Will you silence the laughter, the music, the cheers?

Will you bottle up hope or outlaw our tears?

You can try to contain us, but here’s what is true:

There’s too many of us—and not enough of you.

Bridge (sarcastic):

Maybe build a prison the size of the sky,

Hire a million guards and give it a try.

Stack up your cells from the mountains to the sea—

But you can’t lock away what it means to be free.

Final Chorus:

Alone we’re just a spark, but together we’re the sun,

You can try to cage the many, but the many can’t be done.

So hope you plan to arrest us all,

But you’ll run out of cells before we fall.

Outro:

Every single one of us inspired,

To tell you, Mr. President: you’re fucking fired.