[Intro — muted guitar pulse → drums explode in] HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! Oh-oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh-oh! [Verse 1 — driving bass, tight drums] We were running through the backstreets, With a fire we couldn't name, Cheap shoes on the pavement, Young blood in our veins. Every door said NO ENTREY, Every voice said, "Know your place," So we climbed up on the rooftops And screamed into the rain. I don't wanna live forever If forever feels the same— Give me one night burning brighter, Give me something I can chase! [Pre-Chorus — guitars opening wide] Hands up! Let the whole world see! Stand up! If you're still with me! No fear! No looking down! We're here— WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW! [Chorus — huge festival explosion] WE COME ALIVE! When the lights go down! Ten thousand hearts And a deafening sound! WE COME ALIVE! Like we're never coming back! Throw your hands into the sky— Let the whole damn world react! Whoa-oh-oh! We're burning through the night! Whoa-oh-oh! Everything feels right! If tomorrow wants to find us— IT CAN WAIT OUTSIDE! Tonight— WE COME ALIVE! [Post-Chorus — gang vocals / stomps] HEY! HEY! We come alive! HEY! HEY! We come alive! Oh-oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh-oh! [Verse 2 — bouncing guitar riff] There's a girl up on the shoulders Of a stranger in the crowd, There's a kid who drove for hours Just to sing these words out loud. There's a hundred little stories Underneath these flashing lights, For a moment we're together— For a moment we're alright. All the scars we tried to cover, All the days we barely made, Disappear beneath the thunder When the guitars start to rage! [Pre-Chorus] Hands up! Let the whole world see! Stand up! If you're still with me! No fear! No looking down! We're here— WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW! [Chorus] WE COME ALIVE! When the lights go down! Ten thousand hearts And a deafening sound! WE COME ALIVE! Like we're never coming back! Throw your hands into the sky— Let the whole damn world react! Whoa-oh-oh! We're burning through the night! Whoa-oh-oh! Everything feels right! If tomorrow wants to find us— IT CAN WAIT OUTSIDE! Tonight— WE COME ALIVE! [Instrumental Break — octave guitar hook / pounding toms] Oh-oh! Oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh-oh! [Breakdown — instruments drop to kick + clean guitar] Maybe we're lost. Maybe that's fine. Maybe there's more Than a straight fucking line. Maybe the years Take everything away— But they can't take this moment. They can't take today. [Brief silence] So when I say "WE COME—" [Crowd] ALIVE! When I say "WE COME—" ALIVE! ONE MORE TIME! WE COME— ALIIIIIVE! [Final Chorus — full band, extra guitars, gang vocals] WE COME ALIVE! When the lights go down! Ten thousand hearts And a deafening sound! WE COME ALIVE! And we're never turning back! Every broken little dream Is coming screaming through the cracks! WE COME ALIVE! Yeah, we're brighter than the sun! WE COME ALIVE! Like our lives have just begun! Whoa-oh-oh! Let me hear you tonight! Whoa-oh-oh! Sing it louder this time! If tomorrow wants to find us— IT CAN WAIT OUTSIDE! If the whole world wants to stop us— LET IT FUCKING TRY! Tonight! Tonight! TONIGHT— WE COME ALIVE! [Outro — ringing guitars / crowd chanting] HEY! HEY! We come alive! HEY! HEY! We come alive! Oh-oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh-oh! WE COME ALIVE! [Final guitar hit]
