[Verse 1]
This is the moment
(Right here and now)
Not yesterday
(Not somehow)
Right this second
(Becoming history)
Writing tomorrow
(As memory)
[Chorus]
This is…
(Yes, it is)
This is…
(Before turning to was)
This is…
(Still alive)
This is…
(Our chance to decide)
[Refrain]
This is…
(Yes, it is)
This is…
(Before turning to was)
Why?
(Because)
Why now? … have you forgot
(Because now’s all we’ve got)
[Verse 2]
This heartbeat
(Counts as one)
And the ending
(Began undone)
Does your choice
(Leave its trace)
Does your step
(Finds its place)
[Bridge]
Soon becomes later
(Now becomes then)
Questions become
(Answers again)
Hold this moment
(While it lasts)
The future arrives…
(Then joins the past)
[Final Chorus]
This is…
(Yes, it is)
This is…
(Before turning to was)
This is…
(The story we write)
One more day
(One more night)
[Final Refrain]
This is…
(Yes, it is)
This is…
(Before turning to was)
Why?
(Because)
Why wait?
(Because this is… now)
Don’t forget how
[Outro]
This is…
(Yes, it is)
This is…
(Until it becomes… was)
[Intro]
We were in sane…
(But now… somehow)
We’ve moved into insane
[Verse 1]
Crossed the line
(One step at a time)
Lost the map
(Believing we’re fine)
Bent the truth
(Just a little more)
Till nobody knew
(What truth was for)
[Refrain]
This is…
(Insane!)
Will we remain?
This is…
(Insane!)
What we became
This is…
(Insane!)
Who’ll take the blame?
[Verse 2]
Normal shifted
(Without a sound)
Higher walls
(Lower ground)
Another warning
(Called a lie)
Another answer
(Asked us why)
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
(The spiral goes)
How it ends…
(Nobody knows)
[Chorus]
We called it progress
(Without restraint)
Painted over
(The cracks with paint)
One more step
(One more excuse)
One more reason
(To light the fuse)
[Instrumental]
[Synth Arpeggio]
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
In sane…
(We had a choice)
Insane…
(We lost our voice)
In sane…
(We knew the way)
Insane…
(We looked away)
[Breakdown]
This is…
(Insane!)
This is…
(Insane!)
This is…
(Insane!)
[Final Refrain]
This is…
(Insane!)
Will we remain?
This is…
(Insane!)
Or can we change?
This is…
(Insane!)
… rearrange
Until we choose…
(To be in sane)
… we’re gonna lose
[Outro]
(Out of in sane)
In insane
[Verse 1]
The next breath
(Becomes a trace)
The next step
(Fixes its place)
The next word
(That leaves your tongue)
Already echoes
(When it’s done)
We’re writing lines
(Without a pen)
That we’ll look back on
(Once again)
And wonder how
(It came to be)
This moment now
(Becoming memory)
[Refrain]
This is…
(History in the making)
It is…
(Too late for faking)
This is…
(Not just a phase)
It is…
(The shape of our days)
[Verse 2]
The quiet shift
(The turning tide)
The things we know
(We cannot hide)
The choices made
(Without return)
The lessons lost
(Before we learn)
Each small event
(A turning page)
A silent script
(On a larger stage)
We act it out
(Then understand)
We were part of
(Something unplanned)
[Chorus]
This is the moment
(That defines the arc)
A spark in motion
(Against the dark)
No rehearsal
(No second try)
Just now unfolding
(Before goodbye)
[Bridge]
And futures form
(In what we do)
Not far away
(But breaking through)
The present tense
(Already gone)
Becomes the story
(We move upon)
[Final Refrain]
This is…
(History in the making)
It is…
(Too late for faking)
This is…
(Already written)
It is…
(Already given)
[Outro]
So hold it close
(And let it go)
That’s how it lives
(And how we know)
This is…
(History in the making)
[Intro]
Step outside
(Feel it rise)
Look around
(Real surprise)
Air is thick
(Hard to breathe)
Something new
(We all perceive)
[Verse 1]
It used to be
(A mild July)
Now the heat
(Doesn’t ask why)
Days stretch long
(And nights don’t fool)
Breaking rules
(Of what was “normal” cool)
We measure highs
(Then break again)
Like records falling
(With no end)
[Refrain]
What is this?
(This is…)
So hot
(Believe it or not)
Record breaking
(Breath taking)
The system
(Shaking, waking)
[Verse 2]
Concrete stores
(The sun all day)
Gives it back
(Without delay)
Cities shimmer
(In wavering air)
Heat won’t leave
(It just stays there)
And bodies learn
(Too slow, too fast)
This new normal
(Doesn’t last)
[Chorus]
So hot
(It won’t stop)
No relief
(From the top)
Every year
(Climbing more)
Like we’ve never
(Felt this before)
[Bridge]
We used to think
(It would stay)
Within bounds
(Day by day)
But boundaries shift
(And break apart)
When heat becomes
(A baseline chart)
[Final Refrain]
What is this?
(This is…)
So hot
(Believe it or not)
Record breaking
(Breath taking)
Future bending
(Never ending)
[Outro]
Step outside
(Feel it rise)
Look around
(Burning skies)
[Intro]
Here we go
(Ready now)
Take a chance
(Show us how)
Raise your voice
(Loud and clear)
The future’s calling
(It’s right here)
[Verse 1]
One more step
(Down the road)
Share the load
(Lighten the load)
Lift your eyes
(To the sky)
Dream a little
(Aim up high)
What grows
(Standing still?)
Life rewards
(Strength of will)
[Refrain]
Oh, wow
(Now)
This is getting better
(Somehow)
Go! Go getter
(Don’t slow down)
Turn that smile
(Around this town)
[Chorus]
Getting better
(Day by day)
Finding hope
(Along the way)
Keep believing
(Hold on tight)
Heading toward
(A brighter light)
[Verse 2]
Try again
(One more time)
Turn the page
(Start the climb)
Laugh out loud
(Share the fun)
Another race
(Has begun)
Open doors
(Open minds)
Leave old doubts
(Far behind)
[Bridge]
What’s ahead
(Who can say)
Still there’s joy
(On the way)
Take the moment
(Make it count)
Watch the little victories
(Start to mount)
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Refrain]
Oh, wow
(Now)
This is getting better
(Somehow)
Go! Go getter
(Lead the way)
Nothing’s stopping
(Us today)
Say:
(Nothing’s stopping)
Us today
[Outro]
Sing along
(Strong and loud)
Stand together
(With the crowd)
Getting better
(Somehow)
Getting better…
(Right now)
[Intro]
Wake up
(To the light)
Open your eyes
(What a sight)
Take a breath
(Breathe it in)
Let the morning
(Begin)
[Verse 1]
Clouds may gather
(Then depart)
Hope can find
(A willing heart)
Simple moments
(Quiet grace)
Leave a smile
(On your face)
[Refrain]
Hey!
(Say:)
This is amazing
Hey!
(Amazing)
Day
(A point worth raising)
Sing it loud
(Celebrating)
Life itself
(Is worth embracing)
[Chorus]
Amazing
(What we find)
When we open
(Heart and mind)
Hand in hand
(Side by side)
Sharing joy
(Far and wide)
[Verse 2]
Lend a hand
(Share a smile)
Walk together
(For a while)
Lift someone
(Who feels low)
Watch compassion
(Start to grow)
[Bridge]
Who of us
(Stands alone)
Love can make
(A house a home)
Small acts shine
(Like the sun)
Lighting paths
(For everyone)
[Final Refrain]
Hey!
(Say:)
This is amazing
Hey!
(Amazing)
Day
(A point worth raising)
Hope is calling
(Celebrating)
Love is always
(Worth creating)
[Outro]
One more song
(One more smile)
Stay together
(All the while)
Amazing…
(Amazing)
Hey! Say:
(Amazing)
[Intro]
Hey!
(You ready?)
Hold steady…
(Say:)
Here we go!
[Verse 1]
Step to the rhythm
(Feel the beat!)
Nothing to lose
(Just repeat!)
Hear voice here
(Takin’ its place)
Join the sound
(Join the race!)
[Refrain]
Song Do-Due La La Along
(Come on! Sing along!)
Song Do-Due La La Along
(I swear… you can’t go wrong!)
Please don’t refrain
(Sing the… refrain!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(Come on! Sing along!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(Aware… we’re comin’ on strong!)
Almost there…
(We’re comin’ on strong!)
Comin’ on strong!
[Verse 2]
Turn it higher
(Let it ring!)
Turn the corner
(Start to sing!)
Voices rising
(One by one)
Until the chorus
(Outruns the sun!)
[Refrain]
Song Do-Due La La Along
(Come on! Sing along!)
Song Do-Due La La Along
(We knew it all along!)
Please don’t refrain
(Sing the… refrain!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(Keep it going strong!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(Where we all belong!)
Almost there…
(We all belong!)
… in song!
[Bridge]
If you lose your way
(Find the tone)
You’re never really
(Singing alone)
Just one spark
(Becomes a flame)
And suddenly
(We’re in the same!)
[Final Refrain – key change]
Song Do-Due La La Along
(Everybody sing along!)
Song Do-Due La La Along
(We’ve been singing all along!)
Please don’t refrain
(Sing it again! Sustain!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(Feel it strong!)
Long Do-Due La La Song
(We’ve been here all along!)
Comin’ on strong!
(So strong!)
[Outro]
Do-due la la…
(Along!)
Do-due la la…
(Sing along!)
Fade out slow…
(Still going strong!)
[Intro]
What’s that sound?
(Turn it up!)
Who’s around?
(Let’s erupt!)
[Verse 1]
How’d we get here?
(I dunno)
Where we headed?
(I dunno)
One more question
(I dunno)
One more answer
(Here we go!)
[Refrain]
What is this?
(This is…)
I dunno
(Sooo….)
Go!
[Verse 2]
So you’ve…
(Got a view)
That you’re…
(Calling true)
Sometimes maybe
(You don’t know)
That’s the place
(Where learning grows)
[Bridge]
Guessing loudly
(Isn’t proof)
Changing minds
(Is the truth)
Ask again
(Let it show)
If you don’t know…
(Say so!)
[Refrain]
What is this?
(This is…)
I dunno
(Sooo….)
Go!
What comes next?
(Let’s explore!)
One more step
(Then one more!)
Go for!
[Final Chorus]
What is this?
(This is…)
I dunno
(Sooo….)
Go!
Keep on asking
(Don’t stop!)
Keep on learning
(To the top!)
Go!
[Outro]
I dunno…
(Not yet)
I dunno…
(Not yet)
Let’s find out!
Go about!
[Intro]
Off the chart
(Off the scale)
Breaking records
(Without fail)
[Verse 1]
Once in a lifetime
(That’s what they’d say)
Now it happens
(Day after day)
Higher highs
(Lower lows)
How far it goes
(Nobody knows)
[Refrain]
This is extreme
(Know what I mean)
Well beyond the mean
(Extreme!)
[Verse 2]
Heat that lingers
(Rain that pours)
Floods that follow
(Long dry wars)
One more record
(Falls away)
Yesterday’s rare
(Is here today)
[Bridge]
The bell curve bends
(Into the tail)
Old predictions
(Begin to fail)
What was unlikely
(Starts to repeat)
History’s average
(Can’t compete)
[Refrain]
This is extreme
(Know what I mean)
Well beyond the mean
(Extreme!)
This is no dream
(It’s on the scene)
Beyond the mean
(Extreme!)
[Breakdown]
Further and further
(From yesterday)
Farther from normal
(Day by day)
[Final Chorus]
This is extreme
(Know what I mean)
Well beyond the mean
(Extreme!)
Watch the trend
(Begin to lean)
Toward the edges
(Of the unseen)
Extreme!
(Extreme!)
Extreme!
(Beyond the mean!)
[Outro]
Past the line
(Past routine)
Welcome to
(The new extreme)
[Intro]
How far?
(Farabout)
Where to now?
(We’ll figure it out)
[Refrain]
What’s farabout
(We’re about to find out)
… all about…
(Far, far, far)
Out
[Verse 1]
One more mile beyond the bend
One more trail that doesn’t end
Maps can only point the way
Feet decide where we’ll stray
Round the corner, over there
Past the places everywhere
Every question starts a route
Leading farther… farabout
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep on going
(Don’t turn back)
Will the journey
(Leave a track)
[Chorus]
How far can we go?
(Farther still)
What do we know?
(Learn we will)
What’s farabout
(We’re about to find out)
… all about…
(Far, far, far)
Out
[Verse 2]
Take the long way if you choose
Sometimes that’s the path you use
Another detour, another turn
Holds one more chance to learn
Beyond the edge, beyond the known
Find a place to call your own
Every winding roundabout
May become a farabout
[Bridge]
Far away
(Close at hand)
Helps us stand
(Understand?)
When the ending
(Begins anew)
The farther out…
(The wider view)
[Final Chorus]
How far can we go?
(Farther still)
What do we know?
(Learn we will)
What’s farabout
(We’re about to find out)
… all about…
(Far, far, far)
Out
[Intro]
This is…
(Blissless)
This is…
[Refrain]
This is…
(Bliss?)
No! Ignorance
(Amiss)
[Verse 1]
We name the shape of drifting air
And swear we saw it standing there
A feeling caught but never held
A truth half-born but never spelled
The mind leans hard on fragile ground
Where certainty is never found
Yet still we build what we believe
From echoes that we can’t retrieve
[Pre-Chorus]
Is it calm or just delay?
A thought that won’t quite go away?
A silence dressed in borrowed light
That fades before it feels quite right
[Chorus]
So what do we call it when it feels this light?
(When wrong feels wrong but it still feels right?)
A borrowed name for something wide
(We try to hold but slips aside)
Is it bliss or just the spin
(Of everything we’re living in?)
We name it fast so we can move along
(But the meaning feels half gone)
[Refrain]
This is…
(Bliss?)
No! Ignorance
(Amiss)
[Verse 2]
We carve our truth yet don’t understand
With trembling voice and half-formed plan
An answer breaks before it’s whole
As certainty dissolves the soul
A language built to hold the frame
But little ever stays the same
We call it order, call it sense
But meaning lives in consequence
[Bridge]
Maybe bliss is just a pause
Between effect and cause
A breath that never knows its name
Before it slips back into flame
[Final Chorus]
So what do we call it when it feels this light?
(When wrong feels wrong but it still feels right?)
A fleeting state we can’t define
(A boundary without a line)
Is it bliss or just the spin
(Of everything we’re living in?)
We name it fast so we can move along
(But the meaning is gone)
[Refrain – Outro Variation]
This is…
(Bliss?)
No…
Amiss…
This is…
(Bliss?)
No…
Amiss…
[Intro]
This is what?
(Exactly)
Imagine that
(Reality)
[Refrain]
Starting the quiz:
(What is this?)
This is what?
(Exactly)
Imagine that
(Reality)
[Verse 1]
Does the answer start a trail
Some prevail and some derail
Another label, another name
Points toward—but’s not the same
Questions shape the things we know
Further still we’ve yet to go
Piece by piece the picture grows
Only after asking “those?”
[Pre-Chorus]
Look again
(Take your time)
Every clue
(Fits the rhyme)
[Chorus]
What do you see?
(Reality)
What could it be?
(Wait and see)
Look a little closer now
(The answer’s here somehow)
This is what?
(Exactly)
Imagine that
(Reality)
[Verse 2]
Facts can hide in plainest sight
Waiting for another light
Shift your angle, change your view
Something old becomes brand new
Ahh… the puzzle has a key
Hidden in simplicity
When the pieces finally click
The obvious arrives so quick
[Bridge]
One more guess
(Try again)
Miss the mark
(Now and then)
Keep asking why
(Don’t pretend)
Questions lead
(To the end)
[Final Chorus]
Starting the quiz:
(What is this?)
This is what?
(Exactly)
Imagine that
(Reality)
Open your eyes
(What do you see?)
Truth arrives
(Naturally)
This is what?
(Exactly)
Imagine that…
(Reality)
[Intro]
Take it in…
(Just a moment)
Look around…
(At the moment)
[Refrain]
What I meant…
(This is magnificent)
As to how it went…
(Ah, so magnificent)
[Verse 1]
Morning breaks in shades of gold
Stories waiting to be told
Tiny moments, grand and small
Hidden wonder fills them all
Smiles appear on passing faces
Hearts awaken, finding places
Simple things become the thread
That bind the lives we’ve always led
[Pre-Chorus]
Open wide
(Your point of view)
You’ll be surprised
(By what shines through)
[Chorus]
Magnificent!
(Clear to see)
Magnificent!
(You and me)
More than words can truly say
Brighter than yesterday
Life unfolds before our eyes
In magnificent surprise
[Verse 2]
Storms may gather, skies may gray
Still the light can find a way
One new ending plants a seed
For another dream to lead
Pause awhile and you may see
What was always meant to be
Hope becomes a quiet friend
Whispering, “This is magnificent.”
[Bridge]
Take it slow
(Breathe it in)
Where we end
(Is where we begin)
Speed it up
(Dream by dream)
More than it first seemed
[Final Chorus]
Magnificent!
(Clear to see)
Magnificent!
(You and me)
What I meant…
(This is magnificent)
As to how it went…
(Ah, so magnificent)
Sing it out…
(Magnificent!)
One more time…
(Magnificent!)
[Outro]
What I meant…
(This is magnificent…)
Ah… magnificent…
[Intro]
One… two… three… four!
(Time for one more)
[Refrain]
This ain’t rollin’ over
(This is rock n’ roll)
We’ll soon discover
(Our souls’ goal)
[Verse 1]
Turn it up and let it fly
Raise your hands into the sky
The heartbeat finds the groove
The step becomes the move
Leave your worries at the door
Come alive and ask for more
When the rhythm takes control
Music finds another soul
[Pre-Chorus]
Strike the chord
(Let it ring)
Hear the crowd
(Hear ’em sing!)
[Chorus]
Rock n’ roll!
(Heart and soul!)
Lose control!
(Let it roll!)
[Refrain]
This ain’t rollin’ over
(This is rock n’ roll)
We’ll soon discover
(Our souls’ goal)
[Verse 2]
Can the road can lead us here
Trading doubt for something clear
Hear the chorus, every rhyme
Captures one more place in time
When tomorrow calls your name
Light the fire just the same
Feel the dream begin to grow
To the sound of rock n’ roll
[Bridge]
Feel the beat
(In your heart)
Know the ending
(Is a start)
Turn it loud
(Let it show)
Life’s too short…
(Not to rock n’ roll!)
[Final Chorus]
Rock n’ roll!
(Heart and soul!)
Lose control!
(Let it roll!)
This ain’t rollin’ over
(This is rock n’ roll)
We’ll soon discover
(Our souls’ goal)
Sing it loud!
(Everybody!)
One more time!
(Rock n’ roll!)
[Refrain]
This ain’t rollin’ over
(This is rock n’ roll)
We’ll soon discover
(Our souls’ goal)
[Outro]
Feedback]
Rock…
(Rock n’ roll…)
Loud and bold
(Never gets old.)
[Refrain]
This ain’t rollin’ over
(This is rock n’ roll)
We’ll soon discover
(Our souls’ goal)
[Intro]
Can you hear it?
(The celebration)
Listen close…
(A standing ovation)
[Refrain]
(This is…)
A rousing ovation
(Beyond imagination)
This is…
(Gratification)
No longer in…
(Isolation)
[Verse 1]
Curtain rises, lights aglow
Time has come to steal the show
Dreams once whispered now take flight
Joined together in the light
Hands are raised, the voices soar
Hope is louder than before
What began with just one spark
Now illuminates the dark
[Pre-Chorus]
Stand as one
(Side by side)
Share the joy
(Far and wide)
[Chorus]
Hear the sound!
(Ringing clear)
Feel the crowd!
(We’re all here!)
One more song, one more refrain
Nothing ventured was in vain
Hearts unite in celebration
To a rousing ovation
[Verse 2]
Applause echoes through the hall
Lifting spirits, one and all
Faces glowing, eyes alight
Turning strangers into light
One kind word can start the wave
One bold voice can still be brave
When we gather, hope is found
In the thunder of the sound
[Bridge]
Raise your hands
(To the sky)
Lift your voice
(Hold it high)
Share the moment
(Let it ring)
This is why…
(We sing)
[Final Chorus]
Hear the sound!
(Ringing clear!)
Feel the crowd!
(We’re all here!)
(This is…)
A rousing ovation
(Beyond imagination)
This is…
(Gratification)
No longer in…
(Isolation)
One more cheer!
(Celebration!)
Standing tall…
(A rousing ovation!)
[Outro]
Thank you all…
(Standing ovation…)
One last time…
(A rousing ovation!)
One more song!
(One more song!)
One more song!
[Intro]
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
(No this ain’t no stroll)
Get ready to ride
(… this is genocide)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Refrain]
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
(… this is genocide)
Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide
(Gonna take its toll)
[Verse 1]
The volume is rising
The warning is clear
A shadow is forming
That nobody hears
The stage lights are fading
The curtain comes down
A world out of balance
Is spinning around
[Pre-Chorus]
No encore waiting
No final show
No easy answer
No place to go
The rhythm is changing
The tempo is fast
A future is calling
From a dangerous past
[Chorus]
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
This ain’t a game
This ain’t a story
With someone to blame
The fire keeps burning
The pressure will grow
A force we created
We struggle to slow
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
(… this is genocide)
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
[Verse 2]
The oceans are rising
The ice disappears
The cost of denial
Becomes crystal clear
The signs keep repeating
The patterns align
The edge is approaching
… runnin’ out of time
[Bridge]
No standing still
No turning back
The system responds
To the attack
A chain reaction
A runaway tide
The consequences
We cannot divide
[Final Refrain]
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
(… this is genocide)
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
The sound of the future
The end of the ride
The choices we make
Will determine the tide
This ain’t rock ‘n’ roll
(No this ain’t no stroll)
Get ready to ride
(… this is genocide)
[Outro]
This ain’t…
(Rock ‘n’ roll…)
This is…
(“Pay the toll…”)
[Intro]
This step…
(Comes back)
This move…
(Leaves a track)
[Refrain]
This is…
Feedback
(Back, back)
Stand still
This will…
(Attack)
Ack, ack…
(Back, back)
[Verse 1]
A single action has reaction
A spark can start a chain
A change creates a motion
A cycle comes again
A word that has been spoken
A choice that has been made
A promise left unbroken
Leaves a mark that will remain
[Chorus]
The loop keeps turning round
A wave returns its sound
The force that we create
Finds a path that won’t escape
A push and then a pull
An empty space gets full
An ending meets a start
Leaving rhythm in the heart
[Verse 2]
A system finds its balance
A balance breaks away
A pattern shows its weakness
A future finds its way
A moment builds another
A cause creates effect
A signal finds its sender
A path returns direct
[Bridge]
This time
(All aware)
This line
(Leads us there)
An echo, a sound
An answer comes back around
[Final Refrain]
This is…
Feedback
(Back, back)
Stand still
This will…
(Attack)
Ack, ack…
(Back, back)
A step away…
(Back, back)
A track returns…
(Comes back)
A force we send away
Finds another route someday
[Outro]
Back…
Back…
Back…
(Back, back)
[Intro]
What do you see?
(What is clear)
What will it be?
(The answer’s here)
[Refrain]
This is…
(Black and white)
Wrong and right
This is…
Yes or no
(Now we know)
… here we go!
[Verse 1]
Lines are drawn across the page
Truth is tested, age by age
Does the choice become a sign
Does the moment draw a line
Left or right, up or down
Lost or found, smile or frown
Simple answers fill the space
But shades remain behind the face
[Pre-Chorus]
Can we see beyond the frame?
Can we question another name?
When the colors start to blend
Where does certainty begin or end?
[Chorus]
Black and white
(Day and night)
Dark and light
(What is right?)
Black and white
(Separate)
Wrong and right
(We debate)
But the world keeps moving on
Before the final answer’s drawn
[Verse 2]
We want a world that’s easy to see
A perfect line of certainty
But every question, every choice
Carries more than one voice
A simple word, a simple claim
Can hide a complicated game
The closer that we look inside
The more the edges start to divide
[Bridge]
Truth is not a wall
Truth answers the call
[Final Refrain]
This is…
(Black and white)
Wrong and right
This is…
Yes or no
(Now we know)
But between the dark and light
There are colors out of sight
This is…
(Black and white)
A place to start
Wrong and right
(Heart to heart)
… here we go!
[Outro]
This is…
(Black and white)
Wrong and right
This is…
Yes or no
(Now we know)
… here we go!
[Intro]
Something changed
(Out of range)
Something broke
(That’s no joke)
[Refrain]
This is wild
(No longer mild)
All broke loose
(… gone obtuse)
[Verse 1]
Used to walk a steady line
Thought we knew the signs of time
The rule we thought we knew
Started bending into two
Quiet moments turned extreme
No longer quite the way it seemed
When the edges disappear
Chaos suddenly appears
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold on tight
(Feel the shift)
Day turns night
(Watch it drift)
[Chorus]
This is wild
(No longer mild)
Something’s changed
(Out of range)
Running faster
(After faster)
Breaking through
(What we knew)
No more waiting
(No debating)
The world has filed
Underneath…
(Wild)
[Verse 2]
Watch the signal start to flare
Something different fills the air
Patterns shifting, systems sway
Not much holds the old way
From the ground beneath our feet
To the storms we cannot beat
The boundary we defined
Leaves another one behind
[Bridge]
Not insane
(Just extreme)
Not a dream
(But a theme)
When the calm becomes the storm
(When the strange becomes the norm)
Can we see
(Can we find)
What’s ahead
(What’s behind)
[Final Chorus]
This is wild
(No longer mild)
All broke loose
(… gone obtuse)
No return
(Watch it burn)
No excuse
(For the truth)
What we called impossible
Has become undeniable
The world has compiled
A brand-new file…
[Outro]
Wild…
(Wild…)
No longer mild.
[Intro]
Where do we go?
(What will we find?)
What do we know?
(Leave it behind)
[Refrain]
(This is…)
Life as we know it
(Make a wish)
Dream… bestow it
[Verse 1]
Make a moment, every day
Find a different kind of way
Little choices, little signs
Shape the stories between the lines
Yesterday becomes a trace
Tomorrow waits in open space
Take a breath… enjoy the view
Create the world we travel through
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold the light
(Through the night)
Keep the dream
(Within sight)
[Chorus]
Life as we know it
(Here and now)
Where we go
(We will find out how)
Take the chance
(Let it grow)
Make the wish
(Let it show)
Life as we know it
(As we know it)
[Verse 2]
Time keeps moving, never still
Changing valleys, changing hills
What we lose and what we gain
Become chapters in the same
Through the questions, through the doubt
Find the way to work it out
As the ending starts again
Feeling loss become a friend
[Bridge]
What is real?
(What is true?)
What remains?
(What we do)
Dreams are seeds
(That we plant)
Hope is more
(Than what we can’t)
[Final Chorus]
Life as we know it
(Here and now)
Make a wish
(Show us how)
Dream… bestow it
(Let it rise)
Open hearts
(Open eyes)
In the moment, be the story
Out of shadows, into glory
Life as we know it
(Is how we show it)
[Outro]
(This is…)
Life as we know it…
(Make a wish…)
Dream… bestow it.
[Intro]
Can you see?
(Not really)
Which way now?
(Don’t ask how)
[Refrain]
Here we are
(Standing in a fog)
Can’t go far
(Could turn to a clog)
Best stand still
(No freewill)
In a haze
(In a daze)
For days and days and days
[Verse 1]
All the landmarks fade away
Night and morning look the same
Dare not step… full of doubt
Hard to know the in from out
Voices echo through the gray
Then dissolve and drift away
What’s ahead and what’s behind
Disappear from sight and mind
[Pre-Chorus]
Take it slow
(Don’t rush through)
What you know
(May not be true)
[Chorus]
In a fog
(Can’t make out)
What’s the answer
(What’s the route)
Standing still
(Waiting here)
Shapes emerge
(Then disappear)
Best stand still
(No freewill)
In a haze
(In a daze)
For days and days and days
[Verse 2]
Is the sunlight just ahead
Maybe not, the old man said
Will the roads reappear
Or will all remain unclear
Sometimes waiting is the way
Till the mist begins to sway
Till the outlines come in view
And the world feels fresh and new
[Bridge]
Can’t see left
(Can’t see right)
Can’t tell dark
(From the light)
Take a breath
(Stand your ground)
In the quiet
(Listen around)
[Final Chorus]
Here we are
(Standing in a fog)
Can’t go far
(Could turn to a clog)
Best stand still
(No freewill)
In a haze
(In a daze)
For days and days and days
Then one beam
(Cuts the gray)
And the fog
(Drifts away)
[Outro]
In a haze…
(In a daze…)
For days… and days… and days…
(Now finding ways)
[Intro]
Whoa!
(Wait a minute)
Woe!
(Leave it in it)
Something’s changing
(Feel the flow)
Something’s moving
(Here we go)
[Refrain]
Whoa! Woe.
(Oh yeah)
Know no
(No more woe)
… here we go!
(Oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Started with a little spark
A tiny light inside the dark
Thought the road was running slow
Then the rhythm started to grow
[Pre-Chorus]
Raise it up
(Feel the sound)
Turn it loose
(Spin around)
No more waiting
(No delay)
Find the groove
(Find the way)
[Chorus]
Whoa! Woe!
(What’s the story?)
Oh yeah!
(Find the glory)
No more doubt
(No more fear)
Turn it up
(The coast is clear)
Whoa! Woe!
(Let it go)
Oh ya!
(Feel the flow)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Here we go!
[Verse 2]
Life can throw a crooked ball
Make you question after all
But the answer isn’t found
By just staring at the ground
[Bridge]
Whoa!
(Do you feel it?)
Woe!
(You can heal it)
Know no
(No more sorrow)
New day
(Starts tomorrow)
[Final Refrain]
Whoa! Woe.
(Oh yeah)
Know no
(No more woe)
… here we go!
(Oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Whoa!
(Oh yeah)
Woe!
(Let it go)
No more woe
(Here we go)
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Outro]
Whoa!
Oh yeah!
Here we go!
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
[Intro]
What is now…
(Becomes then)
Round and round…
(Again and again)
[Refrain]
This is…
(Turned was)
Because…
Time waits for no one
(Know one)
Then….
(It’s done)
[Verse 1]
Another second slips away
Turns tomorrow into yesterday
The very moment, bright and new
Soon becomes a distant view
What we hold begins to pass
Present turns to former glass
Try to stop it if you can
Time ignores the best of plans
[Pre-Chorus]
Here and now
(Watch it go)
Soon enough
(You will know)
[Chorus]
This is now
(Turned was)
Every cause
(Because)
What arrives
(Will depart)
What begins
(Is the start)
Time waits for no one
(Know one)
Then…
(It’s done)
[Verse 2]
Photographs and memories
Echo former certainties
Places change and people too
What can stay the way it grew?
All the laughter, all the tears
Blend together through the years
Present tense becomes the past
Nothing made can last and last
[Bridge]
Tick and tock
(Never cease)
Piece by piece
(Piece by piece)
Watching now
(Become then)
Then becomes
(Once again)
[Final Chorus]
This is…
(Turned was)
Because…
Time waits for no one
(Know one)
Then…
(It’s done)
This is now…
(Wow! Turned was…)
[Outro]
Then…
(It’s done…)
Now…
(Turned was…)
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Ambient Synth Pad, Clean Guitar Arpeggios, Soft Organ Swells]
[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]
One small choice…
(Changes things)
One small stone…
(Makes ripple rings)
[Refrain]
We’ve got
(One planet)
Another “why not”
(Couldn’t plan it)
… endless consequences
(How intricate are our dances?)
[Verse 1]
Doe your action leave a trace
Moving through both time and space
Does your answer, another guess
Shape another consequence
Pull one thread and others sway
Nothing simply stays one way
Tiny moments, great and small
Can become the rise or fall
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
(Cause and effect)
What goes out
(Can reconnect)
[Chorus]
One decision
(Branches wide)
One condition
(Turns the tide)
Whatever we say and do
Can find another avenue
Paths converge and then expand
Far beyond what we had planned
We’ve got
(One planet)
Another “why not”
(Couldn’t plan it)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Driving Bass, Organ Chords, Percussive Piano, Rising Synth]
[Verse 2]
As the system intertwines
Hidden links and tangled lines
What seems distant, what seems small
May affect us after all
[Bridge]
[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Saxophone Solo]
[Final Chorus]
We’ve got
(One planet)
Another “why not”
(Couldn’t plan it)
… endless consequences
(How intricate are our dances?)
Step by step
(Turn by turn)
Lesson by lesson
(We slowly learn)
The thing that connects somehow
Through tomorrow and through now
We’ve got one world to understand
And consequences we never planned
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Echo Guitar, Sustained Organ, Fading Synth Atmosphere, Deep Bass Pulse]
Endless consequences…
(How intricate are our dances?)
One planet…
(One chance…)
One last dance
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[Intro]
Almost there…
(Or maybe not)
Near enough…
(We’ve got a shot)
[Refrain]
Who knows…
(If this is getting close)
We’ll… here goes
(For another dose)
[Verse 1]
So the answer starts as guess
Some bring more and some bring less
Another step reveals a clue
Then another point of view
Little by little, inch by inch
Moving forward, never flinch
What seemed distant yesterday
Now feels almost on display
[Pre-Chorus]
Take your time
(Don’t rush through)
One more look
(Might change the view)
[Chorus]
Getting close
(Or so it seems)
Following
(Fragments of dreams)
Piece by piece
(Line by line)
Somehow things
(Begin to align)
Who knows…
(If this is getting close)
We’ll… here goes
(For another dose)
[Verse 2]
Sometimes near is still too far
Sometimes you’ve arrived where you are
As the ending starts to bend
Toward another place again
Questions lead and answers roam
Searching for a place called home
Almost right and nearly true
Can still carry you on through
[Bridge]
Not quite there
(But not behind)
Earn a turn
(Sharpen the mind)
One more try
(One more clue)
What’s uncertain
(Can break through)
[Final Chorus]
Getting close
(Or so it seems)
Chasing down
(Half-formed dreams)
Near enough
(To see the light)
Far enough
(To keep in sight)
Who knows…
(If this is getting close)
We’ll… here goes
(For another dose)
Yeah… here goes…
(Another dose)
[Outro]
Who knows…
(Who knows…)
Maybe we’re…
(Getting close…)