The Last Chance 
Last Wave
Preview
4:22
Last Wave
Preview
4:22
[Intro — sparse bass / clean guitar]
[Verse 1 — Male vocal]
We have been walking for a long time,
through cities, borders, fire and rain.
We have carried other people's stories,
and sometimes carried our own shame.
We have watched the powerful rise.
We have watched the frightened disappear.
We have seen the earth beneath our feet
and still behaved as if it wasn't here.
[Instrumental — bass / guitar]
[Verse 2]
We asked the world to change around us.
We waited for somebody to begin.
But every road eventually returns
to the person walking on it.
So maybe this is where it starts.
Not somewhere distant.
Not someday.
Here, with the life we have,
and the choices we make today.
[Chorus]
This may be our last chance
to remember what we are.
To choose life over hatred,
to choose love over fear.
This may be our last chance
to leave something worth the light.
Not a perfect world.
Just a world
still alive.
[Instrumental — reggae groove / guitar]
[Verse 3]
Love is not a word we say
when everything is going well.
Freedom isn't only having choices.
It's protecting someone else's as well.
And hope is not believing
that tomorrow will be kind.
Hope is building something better
when we cannot see the end.
[Female vocal]
What will you leave behind?
[Male vocal]
I don't know.
But I know what I want to keep.
[Instrumental — gradual build]
[Bridge]
Keep the river running.
Keep the forest breathing.
Keep the child believing
that the future belongs to everyone.
Keep the stranger welcome.
Keep the question open.
Keep a place for forgiveness
when we have lost our way.
[Instrumental — extended]
[Male vocal]
If we are different,
let us remain different.
If we are wounded,
let us learn to heal.
If we are afraid,
let us stand together.
If we have the power to choose,
let us choose life.
[Final Chorus]
This may be our last chance
to remember what we are.
To choose life over hatred,
to choose love over fear.
This may be our last chance
to leave something worth the light.
Not a perfect world.
Just a world
still alive.
[Extended instrumental — bass / drums / guitar / percussion / sax / world instruments]
[Final — stripped down]
The future is not waiting somewhere.
It is already in our hands.
[Silence]
[Male vocal — softly]
What will we do with it?
[Outro — bass / clean guitar]
[Verse 1 — Male vocal]
We have been walking for a long time,
through cities, borders, fire and rain.
We have carried other people's stories,
and sometimes carried our own shame.
We have watched the powerful rise.
We have watched the frightened disappear.
We have seen the earth beneath our feet
and still behaved as if it wasn't here.
[Instrumental — bass / guitar]
[Verse 2]
We asked the world to change around us.
We waited for somebody to begin.
But every road eventually returns
to the person walking on it.
So maybe this is where it starts.
Not somewhere distant.
Not someday.
Here, with the life we have,
and the choices we make today.
[Chorus]
This may be our last chance
to remember what we are.
To choose life over hatred,
to choose love over fear.
This may be our last chance
to leave something worth the light.
Not a perfect world.
Just a world
still alive.
[Instrumental — reggae groove / guitar]
[Verse 3]
Love is not a word we say
when everything is going well.
Freedom isn't only having choices.
It's protecting someone else's as well.
And hope is not believing
that tomorrow will be kind.
Hope is building something better
when we cannot see the end.
[Female vocal]
What will you leave behind?
[Male vocal]
I don't know.
But I know what I want to keep.
[Instrumental — gradual build]
[Bridge]
Keep the river running.
Keep the forest breathing.
Keep the child believing
that the future belongs to everyone.
Keep the stranger welcome.
Keep the question open.
Keep a place for forgiveness
when we have lost our way.
[Instrumental — extended]
[Male vocal]
If we are different,
let us remain different.
If we are wounded,
let us learn to heal.
If we are afraid,
let us stand together.
If we have the power to choose,
let us choose life.
[Final Chorus]
This may be our last chance
to remember what we are.
To choose life over hatred,
to choose love over fear.
This may be our last chance
to leave something worth the light.
Not a perfect world.
Just a world
still alive.
[Extended instrumental — bass / drums / guitar / percussion / sax / world instruments]
[Final — stripped down]
The future is not waiting somewhere.
It is already in our hands.
[Silence]
[Male vocal — softly]
What will we do with it?
[Outro — bass / clean guitar]