Rise of the Many

[Verse 1]
We were quiet
Counting candles
On the floor
In borrowed shoes
Name tags peeling from our jackets
Still we dreamed in louder hues

Tiny screens in crowded kitchens
Maps of places we'd not seen
Every "later" felt like distance
Every "someday" burned in green

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the pulse is in our hands
Hear it running through the crowd
Every heartbeat joins the band
We are many
We are loud (hey)

[Chorus]
This is the rise of the many
Hands up
Hearts heavy then light
We were the spark
Now we're the fire
Running like rivers through the night
Oh
We are the drum and the dancing
Voices colliding in the sky
This is the rise of the many
This is the moment we arrive (we arrive)

[Verse 2]
Grandma's bracelet on my wrist now
Little charms that caught the sun
Every story that she whispered
Marches with me when I run

Painted flags across our shoulders
Different colors
Same bright vein
When we move in crooked rhythms
All our fractures sound like change

[Pre-Chorus]
Feel the circle getting wider
Every language
Every face
All our scattered
Broken patterns
Lock together into grace (ohh)

[Chorus]
This is the rise of the many
Hands up
Hearts heavy then light
We were the spark
Now we're the fire
Running like rivers through the night
Oh
We are the drum and the dancing
Voices colliding in the sky
This is the rise of the many
This is the moment we arrive (we arrive)

[Bridge]
Step
Step
Step into the center (hey)
Name what you remember
Say it once
We say it back
Layered like a thunderclap

We are not a single story
We are oceans in a cry
Every echo added to me
Turns a whisper to a cry (woah)

[Chorus]
This is the rise of the many
Hands up
Hearts heavy then light
We were the spark
Now we're the fire
Running like rivers through the night
Oh
We are the drum and the dancing
Voices colliding in the sky
This is the rise of the many
This is the moment we arrive

[Outro]
This is the rise
Of the many
Of the many
This is the rise
We arrive
We arrive (oh yeah)