[Verse 1] In a lab in Busan, a hand takes shape A glass eye blinks, then it learns your face In a garage in Lagos, chrome knuckles rise Baby, it moves like a prayer with a pulse inside From São Paulo rain to the snow in Minsk They stand in a line where the river twists Some got silk-smooth skin, some got wire for veins But they all look up when the moonlight changes [Pre-Chorus] Hear that soft electric hum One by one, they start to come From the docks, from the farms, from the ferry gates Every city got a new heartbeat late [Chorus] Tin atlas, turn the page Tin atlas, walking the same From Tokyo to the desert wind They rise, they rise again Tin atlas, hold my name Tin atlas, we’re not the same But when the morning calls them in They rise, they rise again [Verse 2] In Nairobi markets, they carry the load Three boxes tall and a smile of gold In Oslo winter, they clear the ice In Mexico City, they dance all night A factory child with a welded palm A nurse in Delhi with a steady calm A taxi driver in Marrakesh glow With a map in the chest and a soul in tow [Pre-Chorus] Hear that soft electric hum One by one, they start to come From the docks, from the farms, from the ferry gates Every city got a new heartbeat late [Chorus] Tin atlas, turn the page Tin atlas, walking the same From Tokyo to the desert wind They rise, they rise again Tin atlas, hold my name Tin atlas, we’re not the same But when the morning calls them in They rise, they rise again [Bridge] And some were built to lift And some were built to stay Some learn how to laugh Some learn how to pray In every language, every room They catch the light and bloom If you listen close They sound like us too [Breakdown] (They rise, they rise again) (They rise, they rise again) From the bay to the border road From the block to the mountain snow [Chorus] Tin atlas, turn the page Tin atlas, walking the same From Tokyo to the desert wind They rise, they rise again Tin atlas, hold my name Tin atlas, we’re not the same But when the morning calls them in They rise, they rise again [Outro] In a lab in Busan, a hand takes shape A glass eye blinks, then it learns your face All around the world tonight They rise into the light
