United Stays

Intro

Oh-oh, oh-oh, hey!

Hands together, hands together, yeah

Verse

We learned to paint our mornings on the back of yesterday

Coffee cups and crooked smiles, we figured out a way

Porch steps, cracked sidewalks, names carved in the gate

Every little scar we own shows the bets we didn't take

Pre-chorus

When the noise gets loud and the map falls flat

We call the map back, we fold it up and laugh

Side by side, step by step, we push against the grey

Keep the lantern lit — one flame, one flame, one flame

Chorus

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

We hold the line, we hold the day, hey-ya

United stays, united stays (united stays)

We sing it loud and we sing it brave

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

Verse

There’s a rhythm to the way the morning finds our street

Kids run past the bakery, a piano plays on repeat

Old stories at the corner store, new plans on the bench

Promises like weathered coins, honest in our clenched

Pre-chorus

When the skyline bends and the storms get mean

We stitch the seams with hands and with a stubborn dream

One step, one breath, one louder prayer we say

Keep the lantern lit — one flame, one flame, one flame

Chorus

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

We hold the line, we hold the day, hey-ya

United stays, united stays (united stays)

We sing it loud and we sing it brave

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

Bridge

Say it again, say it again, na-na-na (say it)

Marching through the afternoons like a shared refrain

A thousand different songs but the chorus is the same

Hands in the middle, palms up to the rain

Verse

There’s a kid with a trumpet on the corner of our street

Plays like hope's contagious, every stranger taps their feet

Old women clap their rhythm from the steps where they were raised

Little rebellions growing into golden days

Pre-chorus

And when the world forgets how to be kind

We pass a pocket full of courage, leave no one behind

Step by step, breath by breath, we'll shape the clay

Keep the lantern lit — one flame, one flame, one flame

Chorus

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

We hold the line, we hold the day, hey-ya

United stays, united stays (united stays)

We sing it loud and we sing it brave

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

United stays, united stays, oh-oh

We hold the line, we hold the day, hey-ya

United stays, united stays (united stays)

We sing it loud and we sing it brave