[Intro]
[hushed crowd murmur
Then unified clap pattern]
We came early for the front row
Painted faces
Signs held high
Got your name across our backpacks
Got your story in our eyes
[Verse 1]
We remember when it started
Just a rumor
Just a dream
You were working in the shadows
While we scrolled another screen
Now there’s banners on the rafters
Every sleeve has got your mark
Homemade badges on our jackets
Glow sticks cutting through the dark
[Pre-Chorus]
We wear your colors on our tongues
We stitched your symbol on these drums
We practiced every single line
To throw it back
To throw it back tonight
[Chorus]
To the One who built it all from nothing
We raise our voices
Raise our hands
You turned empty air into something
Now we’re singing in the stands
To the One who built it all from nothing
We’re the proof you weren’t alone
Every chorus
Every calling
Says you turned the void into a home
[Verse 2]
Got your catchphrase on our posters
Cardboard crowns we cut at home
Plastic capes that drag behind us
Like we’re walking to your throne
We drew blueprints on our sneakers
Little worlds beneath our feet
’Cause you taught us every blank page
Is a place where giants meet
[Pre-Chorus]
We taped your picture to our phones
Waved old tickets like they’re gold
We shout your quotes in crowded halls
Like secret codes
Like secret walls
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
We got face paint in the bathroom
Someone’s crying
Someone laughs
We sign T-shirts for each other
Like we’re part of your first draft
Hold up lanyards like they’re medals
Wristbands snapping as we sway
Every scribble on our notebooks
Is a thank you in its way
[Pre-Chorus]
We turned old jackets into flags
Sewed your symbols in the back
We learned the harmony by heart
To sing it loud when lights go black
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[drums drop
Handclaps and stomps]
[call-and-response]
Lead: Who made something out of nothing?
Crowd: You did
You did!
Lead: Who lit fires in empty rooms?
Crowd: You did
You did!
Lead: Who drew worlds on broken pavement?
Crowd: You did
You did!
Lead: We’re the echo
We’re the proof
Crowd: Standing here because of you
[low vocal register]
We hold our phones like tiny stars
Your name written on our arms
Paper crowns
Plastic swords
All our faith in cardboard
[crescendo]
From the nosebleeds to the barricade
Every voice here spells your name
From the quiet kids in the back row
To the ones who set the stage aflame
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[gang vocals
Almost a chant]
We’ve got posters
We’ve got paint
We’ve got stories
We won’t fade
From an empty
Silent room
To this thunder
Born from you
[whispered] To the One who built it all from nothing
[full band hit] We belong because of you