Himno Nacional

The voices of the people are rising again
The voices of the people are rising
The voices of the people
Of the people
The people
The people
Look ahead, tell me how it feels
When you recognize freedom

They teach us that peace is classy
But we learn
That violence is persuasive and misery is consuming
That there’s cash that can make a gun fire on its own
That poverty is also intellectual, hunger is cruel
And evil becomes chronic

You hear the voices of the people again
Look ahead, tell me what it feels like
You hear the cries of the people again
Tell me what’s behind it, tell me how it feels
When you recognize freedom

We learn that we’re censored through words
Yours, theirs, mine
Turning war into a ritual and pain into a lie

Throw me a lifeline from the stray bullets
Because the candles they put on us when we die
Won't bring the light we missed when we were flying

You hear the voices of the people again
Look ahead, tell me what it feels like
You hear the cries of the people again
Tell me what’s behind it, tell me how it feels
When you recognize freedom
When you almost touch freedom
When you regain freedom

Happy mornings will return
The time when we stop drowning in elevator conversations
Trying to hold up an image that protects us from ourselves
While helping to keep the balance of this play we call existence

No one warned about the bumps and falls
But still: One foot in front of the other
One foot in front of the other, defiant
What does it matter what the world says and how fierce the storm is
Don’t let it drag you down and bury you in the sand

Because if you manage to look beyond time and space
Beyond numbers, colors, and shapes
There’s a second when everything makes sense
And even fear disappears
In the back, among the shadows, the light has drawn a phrase
You’re not alone in this world