Intro — spoken / distant chant
Who was the first artist?
The first hand against stone…
The first voice that broke the silence of the dark.
Did they sing from fear?
Did they paint from wonder?
Did they imagine us — standing here, chasing horizons not yet born?
(distant layered chant — low voices)
The waves drive us on…
The waves drive us on…
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Verse 1
Before the cities, before the names
Before the memory carried flames
A spark inside the quiet mind
Saw shapes no eye could yet define
Charcoal stories on cavern walls
Echoed dreams in flickering halls
Fear of night, yet joy of light
Creation rising from the fight
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Pre-Chorus
From trembling hands came something more
A mark that said we were here before
Across the ages, breath to breath
Imagination outlives death
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Chorus — haka-inspired rhythm
The waves drive us on, the waves drive us on
Across the time where we belong
Fearless and free beneath the sun
A thousand voices move as one
The waves drive us on, the waves drive us on
Through open sky and endless dawn
Community hearts forever strong
The waves… the waves drive us on
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Verse 2
Canoes beneath a painted sky
Guided where the stars would lie
Distance felt like sacred call
Not a barrier — just a wall
Laughter rising from the shore
Drums that shook the ocean floor
Booming joy, harmonious sound
Proof that peace is power found
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🔥 Chant / Haka Breakdown (percussive, call & response)
Call: Who are we?
Response: We are the dreamers!
Call: What moves us?
Response: The will to discover!
Footsteps pounding, voices blend
No beginning and no end
Ancient courage in our veins
Every loss and every gain
We crossed the fear, we crossed the sea
Not to conquer — just to be
Imagination lit the flame
And every tribe became the same
(layered voices repeating)
Fearless and free… fearless and free…
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Final Chorus (full community energy)
The waves drive us on, the waves drive us on
From first fire to the break of dawn
All the past inside our song
A living chain that carries on
The waves drive us on, the waves drive us on
Across the earth where we belong
What drove us then still makes us strong
Imagination leads us on
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Outro
The first artist never disappeared
Their voice is every time we dared
To dream beyond what eyes can see
Fearless… ancient… endlessly free
(soft distant chant fading)
The waves drive us on…
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