[Hook: calm, hypnotic, half-spoken rap over sparse futuristic beat, both rappers, from the first second] Brick by brick, breath by breath Every ending's got a little life left (left!) From the dust and the ash, we rebuild (rebuild) Brick by brick... we rebuild (rebuild!) [Verse 1: Rapper 2, booming baritone, calm and close to the mic, talking to the listener] I know the morning when the silence is loud Where the laughter used to be, now it's only a cloud Doctor said a word that you couldn't pronounce Bank said a number that you couldn't announce And you sat on the floor 'cause the chair felt too high Didn't pray, didn't speak, didn't even cry But a seed don't know that the ground is cold It just pushes for the light 'cause that's all it knows [Explosion: beat drops in hard, distorted synths, Rapper 1 aggressive and shouted] You are not what happened to you (no!) You are what you choose to do (do!) Pick a brick up, set it down (down!) That's a wall, that's a home, that's a town [Hook: calm again, hypnotic, both rappers] Brick by brick, breath by breath Every ending's got a little life left (left!) From the dust and the ash, we rebuild (rebuild) Brick by brick... we rebuild (rebuild!) [Verse 2: Rapper 1, raspy, calm and steady, cold neon synths] Every skyline's standing on a story that fell Every tower of glass got a ruin to tell They planted new forests where the fires had been Painted murals on the walls where the war got in Old hands teaching young hands how to lay a stone Nobody rebuilds a whole city alone So if your world's in pieces on the kitchen floor Grab one piece, just one, that's what tomorrow's for [Explosion: beat drops in hard, both rappers aggressive] One brick (one!), one day (day!) One step (step!), one way (way!) Ain't no shame in starting from the ground (ground!) The ground is where the strongest things are found [Hook: calm, hypnotic, both rappers] Brick by brick, breath by breath Every ending's got a little life left (left!) From the dust and the ash, we rebuild (rebuild) Brick by brick... we rebuild (rebuild!) [Verse 3: both rappers trading lines, calm building to intense] [Rapper 1] They saw the rubble [Rapper 2] We saw the plan [Rapper 1] They saw the fall [Rapper 2] We saw the hand [Rapper 1] Reaching back down for the next one in line [Rapper 2] Pull 'em up gently, one more time [Both] What you build with love, no storm can steal [Both] Scars on the walls only prove that it's real [Bridge: beat cuts out, almost a cappella, whispered, Rapper 2] It's okay if today you just breathe... That's a brick too... That counts [Explosion: full beat, heaviest drums and distorted synths, both rappers shouting the hook] Brick by brick, breath by breath Every ending's got a little life left (left!) From the dust and the ash, we rebuild (rebuild) Brick by brick... we rebuild (rebuild!) [Final Hook: calm again, hypnotic, sparse beat, last line repeated softly] Brick by brick, breath by breath Every ending's got a little life left Brick by brick... we rebuild We rebuild [Outro: hard stop on the last beat of the bar, no fade-out, loops back into the hook]
