[Verse 1]
Grey stone morning
Seagulls on the pier
Coffee in a paper cup
Same faces every year
Then one siren
Cut the street in two
Someone dropped beside the bus stop
Nobody knew what to do
[Chorus]
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Beating in the spaces in between
Every shopfront
Every square
Saying “you are not alone
We’re there”
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Lighting up the red along Union Street
Every life that we can hold
Turns this northern town to gold
[Verse 2]
Old man shaking
Phone stuck in his hand
Young lass crying
Trying numbers
Praying someone understands
Then that bright box
On the granite wall
Hands that never met before
Found a way to catch the fall
[Chorus]
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Beating in the spaces in between
Every shopfront
Every square
Saying “you are not alone
We’re there”
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Lighting up the red along Union Street
Every life that we can hold
Turns this northern town to gold
[Bridge]
It’s in the ones who trained last Tuesday
It’s in the coins dropped in a jar
It’s in the quiet local heroes
Who don’t think that they are (oh no)
From the harbour to the hillsides
Every postcode
Every door
One small spark in a metal case
Becomes a thousand more
[Chorus]
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Beating in the spaces in between
Every shopfront
Every square
Saying “you are not alone
We’re there”
We are the heart of Aberdeen
Lighting up the red along Union Street
Every life that we can hold
Turns this northern town to gold (to gold)
We are the heart of Aberdeen
We are the heart of Aberdeen (hey!)