This Is Ours

Verse 1

Lights come up on a Friday night sky

Crowd breathin’ like a single sound

From back roads wide to city lines

Every kind of soul’s here now

Hard-earned days, long-shot dreams

Every loss we survived to win

Different stories, same heartbeat

When that first chord kicks in

Pre-Chorus (Build)

Take a breath—hear it rise

Feel that thunder in the stands tonight

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CHORUS (BIG / CHANTABLE)

This is ours—HEY!

This is ours—HEY!

From the ground we stand on to the stars

We don’t fold, we don’t fade in the dark

Hands up high—sing it loud

Let it shake these walls right now

Red, white, blue—through the scars

This is ours

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Verse 2

Names etched deep in steel and stone

Echo louder every year

Freedom rings in a thousand tongues

But the meaning’s crystal clear

It’s the right to stand, the right to say

The right to kneel or pray or fight

It’s a flag in the wind and a fire inside

That don’t burn out overnight

Pre-Chorus (Drop then Rise)

Every voice, every one

When the drums hit—we become

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CHORUS (REPEAT / CROWD LEAD)

This is ours—HEY!

This is ours—HEY!

From the ground we stand on to the stars…

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BRIDGE (STRIP IT BACK → CLAP STOMP)

(Clap—Clap—Stomp)

Freedom!

(Clap—Clap—Stomp)

Stand up!

(Clap—Clap—Stomp)

Sing it like you mean it now

Freedom ain’t a word we borrow

It’s a line we hold together

Pass it on to tomorrow

Now and forever

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FINAL CHORUS (ALL IN / FIREWORK MOMENT)

This is ours—HEY!

This is ours—HEY!

Let it roll like thunder through your heart

From the first breath taken to the last

Hands locked tight, voices raw

Let ‘em hear us down the hall

Red, white, blue—who we are

This is ours