(Intro — distorted radio transmission)
If anybody’s still out there…
Turn this up.
(Verse 1)
Rain falls hard on the avenue
Streetlights flicker black and blue
Everybody drowning slow
In a world nobody chose
Static voices fill the air
Kids still screaming everywhere
Trying to outrun the weight
Of growing up too numb to break
(Pre-Chorus)
But somewhere underneath the panic
A heartbeat cuts through the static
(Chorus)
We are the ashes on the radio
Singing loud while the world explodes
Every lost soul, every runaway
Found a home in the songs we play
Hands up high if you still believe
There’s something more underneath
Even if the sky caves in
We’ll turn the wreckage into hymns
(Verse 2)
Old guitars and ambulance lights
Broken dreams still burn tonight
Every scar another verse
Every blessing born from hurt
People fade like photographs
But the music always lasts
And every anthem left behind
Becomes a lifeline in the night
(Pre-Chorus)
So let the speakers shake the ceiling
Until the whole damn world can feel it
(Chorus)
We are the ashes on the radio
Singing loud while the world explodes
Every outcast, every ghost
Found a fire when they needed hope
Hands up high if you still hurt
If your heart still feels cursed
Even if the flood rolls in
We’ll turn the wreckage into hymns
(Breakdown — huge festival energy)
HEY!
WE ARE STILL ALIVE
HEY!
WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT
TURN IT UP
LET IT GO
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW
WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO FADE
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE SOUND WAVES
(Bridge — emotional melodic section)
Maybe heaven is a song
Playing through the dark alone
Maybe hope is just a voice
Telling you to carry on
(Final Chorus — massive)
We are the ashes on the radio
Still burning through the overload
Every broken heart tonight
Becomes a beacon in the night
Now the city sings along
To the sound of moving on
And even when our bodies fade
The songs remain
(Outro — crowd singing fades out)
Whoa-oh-oh…
Ashes on the radio…
Whoa-oh-oh…
Still alive…
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