[Intro] (Driving acoustic guitar, shimmering synth pad, heavy tom beat) [Verse 1] The traffic lights are blinking yellow on the avenue The sky is turning into a cinematic kind of blue I've been walking in circles, looking for a sign Trying to draw a perfect circle on a jagged line People walking past me with their heads down in the cold Trading all their mysteries to do what they are told But I’m still looking up, I’m still looking around Trying to find the melody hiding in the sound [Pre-Chorus] It's easy to get cynical, it's easy to go dark To pack up all your things and just sleep out in the park But underneath the static and the heavy concrete tone There is a frequency that says you're not alone [Chorus] There's still a reason! Yeah, there's still a beating heart! Even when the modern world is tearing us apart Through the organized nothing and the suburban freeze There's still a reason hanging in the autumn trees You just have to listen, you just have to wait For the beautiful collision at the iron gate [Verse 2] I watched a kid on a bicycle racing down the street Pedaling like crazy with lightning in his feet He wasn't going anywhere, he didn't have a plan Just outrunning the shadow of a deeply broken man And that's the kind of energy I'm trying to protect Before the whole entire neighborhood starts to disconnect A little bit of magic in the middle of the gray Something to believe in at the ending of the day [Pre-Chorus] It's easy to get cynical, it's easy to go dark To pack up all your things and just sleep out in the park But underneath the static and the heavy concrete tone There is a frequency that says you're not alone [Chorus] There's still a reason! Yeah, there's still a beating heart! Even when the modern world is tearing us apart Through the organized nothing and the suburban freeze There's still a reason hanging in the autumn trees You just have to listen, you just have to wait For the beautiful collision at the iron gate [Bridge] (Tempo drops, lush strings swell, vocals become breathy and intense) Don't let them lobotomize the hope out of your head. Don't listen to the fatalistic things the anchor said. We're writing our own movie, we're building our own set. And the greatest part of the story hasn't even happened yet. (Drums roll in, massive stadium build) [Guitar Solo] (Soaring, melodic alternative rock solo with heavy delay) [Chorus] There's still a reason! Yeah, there's still a beating heart! Even when the modern world is tearing us apart Through the organized nothing and the suburban freeze There's still a reason hanging in the autumn trees [Outro] There's still a reason. Keep your eyes wide open. Hold on to the reason. (Huge ringing chords, fading out slowly into sparkling synth)
