This Is Who We Are

Intro

Mm, la-la-la, ah

Soft strings, a single light (ah)

Verse

I learned my name on an old front porch, splinters and sun

You learned to speak in a language of hands and hymnals and hum

We wore our small certainties like jackets with pockets full of plans

And folded them into the corners where the map meets your hands

Pre-chorus

We came with crooked maps and very honest scars

With maps that said "maybe" and songs about who we are (who we are)

Chorus

This is who we are, gentle and loud (we are)

This is who we are, calling out to the clouds (we are)

Hold my hand, and hold my name, say it soft, say it true (say it true)

This is who we are, this is me and you (me and you)

This is who we are, oh-oh, la-la-love (we are)

Verse

You carry old photographs in the pocket of your coat

I keep a list of things I’m proud of, pinned with a paper note

There’s a line between the stories and the ones we’re yet to tell

We mend the gaps like seamstresses, slow stitches bind us well

Pre-chorus

We bring the quiet courage and the open, laughing scars

We learn to say our names and then we share them with the stars (share them)

Chorus

This is who we are, gentle and loud (we are)

This is who we are, calling out to the clouds (we are)

Hold my hand, and hold my name, say it soft, say it true (say it true)

This is who we are, this is me and you (me and you)

This is who we are, oh-oh, la-la-love (we are)

Bridge

Not all of us fit the same quiet, not all of us march in time

Some of our stories take the long road and some learn in single lines

But when the chorus finds us all at once, voices braided, voices warm

We are the song that keeps unfolding, weathering any storm (mm)

We are the hands that build a table where every face finds room

We are the light that calls us forward, gentle, patient, true

Chorus

This is who we are, gentle and loud (we are)

This is who we are, calling out to the clouds (we are)

Hold my hand, and hold my name, say it soft, say it true (say it true)

This is who we are, this is me and you (me and you)

This is who we are, oh-oh, la-la-love (we are)

This is who we are, gentle and loud (we are)

This is who we are, calling out to the clouds (we are)

Outro

Mm, la-la-la, say my name, say your name (say it)

We are here — we are here — we are here (we are)