[Intro] (rain, a single piano line like water, distant thunder) [Verse 1] Storm warning on a Friday night, the whole town went inside I took the old truck down the flooded streets just to feel it alive Thunder in the mirror, lightning showing me the way I wasn't running from the storm — the storm was where I stayed [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause I'm a child of the rain, water-sign heart I never learned to bow when the sky falls apart Some pray for the sun, I was made for the flood Heavy weather on the windshield — that's the closest I get to God [Verse 2] The coast caught the worst of it, we caught the light show Heaven opened over Texas like a river let go I watched it from the front seat, my own private war Everybody wants the sunshine — I kept praying for more [Chorus] When the ones you love get scattered and the sky won't hold its tongue When a family blows apart like the worst storm to come No matter what breaks, no matter how long We'll always be strong — Storm Strong We'll always be Storm Strong [Verse 3] There was a crew I loved like brothers, and the wind took them too Not a hurricane — just people doing what people do I sat in the wreckage where a family used to be And I swore on the rain: what survives is me [Bridge] Then the bus rolled out that morning, all the colors riding through Yellow on the lightning, blue on the ice, red on the fire too Three storms under one roof and the heavens came to pour But we weren't hiding from the weather — we were the storm on wheels [Instrumental Break] (dual drum kits — two thunder fronts colliding, guitar storm overhead, female harmonies hanging like rain in the light) [Final Chorus] When your sky turns black and the sirens sing Hold on to each other like the last warm thing No matter what breaks, no matter how long We'll always be strong — Storm Strong This is Storm Strong [Outro] (sunset keys, storm rolling out, harmonies stacked, gang vocals) Sunset burning through the back of the storm That was the night we learned what we were for STORM! STRONG! STORM! STRONG! Storm Strong... Storm Strong... (thunder fading like it's leaving town).
