We Won’t Go Quiet

[Verse 1]
They say “be grateful”
While the ground shakes under our feet
Scroll full of sirens
But they call it “keeping the peace”
They turn the cameras
So you can’t see who’s on their knees
Sign their excuses
Like the ink can wash out the screams
[Pre-Chorus]
But I see every shuttered mouth
Every tear they’re editing out
I’m done biting down on my tongue
We’ve been quiet for too long
[Chorus]
We won’t go quiet
We won’t fade small
Our voices riot
’til they break these walls
You can push us down
But we rise
We rise again
We won’t go quiet
Turn it up
This is how it ends
(for your silence)
[Verse 2]
They sell us headlines
Like the hurt is just “over there”
Change up the language
Try to dress the wound as “repair”
But I feel fault lines
Running through every whispered prayer
We are the fault line
When we stand and say we’re still here
[Pre-Chorus]
’Cause I hear every choked-back “no”
Every truth they tell you to fold
I’m done drinking lies to stay calm
We’ve been quiet for too long
[Chorus]
We won’t go quiet
We won’t fade small
Our voices riot
’til they break these walls
You can push us down
But we rise
We rise again
We won’t go quiet
Turn it up
This is how it ends
[Bridge]
[Stomp-clap builds under a rising drumline]
Name by name
We’re writing history
Face by face
We’re tearing off the sheets
Hand in hand
We’re bigger than their fear
Say it
Say it
Loud enough for them to hear (hey!)
[Chorus]
We won’t go quiet
We won’t fade small
Our voices riot
’til they break these walls
You can push us down
But we rise
We rise again
We won’t go quiet
Turn it up
This is how it ends
[Chorus]
We won’t go quiet
This is our song
A thousand “me’s” together
Make one unbreakable “we” strong
You can write your rules
But we choose how this story ends
We won’t go quiet
We won’t go quiet again (oh, we won’t)

Stadium-sized empowerment anthem with female vocals; steady mid-tempo march groove, tom-driven drums and wide claps, fuzzed bass and soaring synth pads. Verses sit close and intimate with palm-muted guitars, then explode into a huge chant chorus with stacked gang vocals. Bridge strips back to a drumline and stomp-clap before the final key-lift chorus slams in with high harmonies and ad-lib fireworks., world, empowering