The First Wave

[Intro — instrumental]
[Verse 1 — Male vocal]
The morning comes, the city wakes,
another crisis on the screen.
A child is drawing flowers
while a family leaves their home.
The traffic moves, the headlines change,
another name, another place.
Everybody has an answer,
before they've heard the question.
[Chorus]
There is a wave beneath the surface,
moving where we cannot see.
Something waking in the silence,
something asking us to breathe.
There is a wave beneath the surface,
and it doesn't need a name.
Maybe change begins with someone
who refuses to look away.
[Instrumental — bass and clean guitar]
[Verse 2]
We hear the news from every corner,
each version fighting for the truth.
A neighbour speaks about the enemy
as if he knows what they have done.
But somewhere in a hospital room,
two strangers help each other stand.
For a moment there are no borders,
only one hand reaching for a hand.
[Chorus]
There is a wave beneath the surface,
moving where we cannot see.
Something waking in the silence,
something asking us to breathe.
There is a wave beneath the surface,
and it doesn't need a name.
Maybe change begins with someone
who refuses to look away.
[Instrumental — bass / guitar / saxophone]
[Bridge — stripped down]
Maybe we don't need another promise.
Maybe we need to listen first.
To the frightened, to the angry,
to the ones who have been lost.
[Male vocal]
A human voice is still a human voice,
even when we don't agree.
[Instrumental — groove builds]
[Final Chorus]
There is a wave beneath the surface,
moving through you and me.
Something waking in the silence,
something we were meant to see.
There is a wave beneath the surface,
and now I can feel the change.
Something is moving.
Something is waking.
The first wave is coming.
[Outro — instrumental]