INTRO (Alone – 68 BPM, free timing, spotlight)
Solo piano. Slight reverb. Crowd silent.
Cracked earth under worn-out boots…
Sky burns red when the day breaks loose…
Mum says, “Baby, hold your ground…”
Even when the world comes crashing down…
(Soft choir pad fades in)
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VERSE 1 (70 BPM – minimal build)
Sirens crying down the highway line,
Smoke turns noon into midnight,
But there’s a porch light cutting through the dark —
Means you’ve always got a place to start.
We don’t scare easy, we don’t run,
We’ve seen enough to know what’s coming,
When the wind kicks up and the sky turns red —
We hold each other instead.
(Kick drum enters — heartbeat style)
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PRE-CHORUS (Tempo begins lifting – 76 BPM)
We don’t bend when the flames roll in,
We don’t fold when the waters win,
When the whole damn world feels paper thin —
We lean in.
(Snare build. Strings rising.)
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CHORUS (Full band hits – 88 BPM)
We stand as one when the sky falls in,
When the flood rolls high and the fire rolls in,
When the cost is more than we thought we could pay —
We don’t walk away!
Through the ashes and the pouring rain,
Through the heartbreak, through the pain,
You’ll hear it rise like a battle drum —
This is our home…
WE STAND AS ONE!
(Crowd repeat: “Stand as one!”)
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VERSE 2 (Keep energy – rhythmic piano + toms)
Neighbours showing up uncalled,
No hesitation — just give it all,
Ute lights cutting through smoke and fear,
Saying, “You’re not alone — I’m here.”
It ain’t about the blood in your veins,
It’s who stays standing in the hurricane,
Through drought and fire, through loss and flood —
We’re stitched together in red dirt blood.
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PRE-CHORUS 2 (Big lift – 94 BPM)
No matter the cost, no matter the fight,
When black smoke swallows the light,
When everything shakes and hope feels gone —
That’s when you see us strong.
(Full drum build. Choir harmonies swelling.)
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POWER CHORUS (Full cinematic – 102 BPM)
We stand as one when the sky falls in,
When the flood rolls high and the fire rolls in,
When the cost is more than we thought we could pay —
We don’t walk away!
Through the dust and thunder rolling in,
Through every loss we carry within,
You’ll hear it roar like a thousand drums —
This is our land…
WE STAND AS ONE!
(Big sustained note. Lights flood stage.)
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BRIDGE (Drop to piano + vocal — 80 BPM reset)
If you’ve got breath, you’ve got a hand to give…
If you’ve got strength, help someone live…
From coast to coast under southern sun…
Different stories… but we move as one…
(Choir softly repeating: “As one… as one…”)
No matter the cost…
No matter the pain…
Through fire and flood…
We rise again…
(Massive drum fill. Key change.)
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FINAL CHORUS (Key change – 110 BPM, stadium moment)
WE STAND AS ONE WHEN THE SKY FALLS IN!
WHEN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD FEELS PAPER THIN!
WHEN THE STORM TRIES TEARING US APART —
IT ONLY SHOWS OUR HEART!
Through drought and fire, through loss and flood,
Through every tear and every drop of blood,
No matter what tomorrow brings —
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