We Are the Dawn

[Intro: solo piano states the main theme, wide strings swell in slowly, no drums, no bass] (humming the theme, one soft voice) Ooh... ooh... ooh... Ooh... ooh... ooh... (clear and bright, coming forward) Ooh... ooh... ooh... [Verse 1: piano, pad and light bass, vocal close and clear] They built these walls to watch us fall They wrote our names in dust We were the ones they counted out We were the ones who got back up [Pre-Chorus: strings widen, crisp toms, no distortion] Every scar a signal fire Every voice a drum So when the night comes down on us We don't run [Chorus: clean punchy drums, wide strings, one lead vocal] We are the dawn When the night is gone Through the ash and the thunder We keep marching on We are the dawn Not for glory, not for gold For the ones who came before us And the stories still untold We are the dawn [Post-Chorus: wordless vocal hook, one voice doubled by strings, no crowd] Ooh... ooh-ooh-ooh... Ooh... ooh-ooh-ooh... [Verse 2: drums out, piano and voice only] Ten thousand nights against the odds Ten thousand reasons to quit I heard my own heart in the crowd And I answered it [Pre-Chorus: drums returning, strings climbing] Every fall a place to stand Every loss a spark So when they call us out again We're not far [Chorus: bigger than the first] We are the dawn When the night is gone Through the ash and the thunder We keep marching on We are the dawn Not for glory, not for gold For the ones who came before us And the stories still untold We are the dawn [Bridge: all instruments out, piano and one voice] If we fall Let it be in the light Let them say We were here We were here [Final Chorus: key change up a whole step, double-time drums, widest strings, thin harmony stack] We are the dawn When the night is gone Every scar a story Every story a song We are the dawn Not for glory, not for gold For the ones who'll come after And the story goes on We are the dawn [Outro: piano theme alone, one voice, fading] We are the dawn... The night is gone... (ooh...)