[Intro – protest anthem, vamp] [instrumental vamp] [spoken partly sung] We keep looking for a answer To a life that’s free from fear Someone tall enough to follow Someone sure enough to hear [Verse 1 - driving folk rhythm] We build our towers brick by brick And swear this time they’ll never fall We trade our doubt for louder voices And hope they’ll answer every call We chase the faces on the screens The ones who say they know it all But every throne we build together Needs a higher one above all ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] We want a hand to lead us through When all along the hand was You ⸻ [Chorus - anthemic] No kings No crowns of gold and stone No leader made of flesh and blood To carry us back home Just fire Just wind we cannot hold A hundred hearts inside a room More precious than a throne No kings ⸻ [Verse 2 - spoken singing] When all the voices lost their power And all the noise had had its say We found You in the quiet waiting Not so very far away No tower above us in the clouds No army marching at Your feet Just love that met us where we stumbled And mercy running through the streets ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] We keep asking who will lead While You’re supplying what we need ⸻ [Chorus] No kings No crowns of gold and stone No leader made of flesh and blood To carry us back home Just fire Just wind we cannot hold A hundred hearts inside a room More precious than a throne No kings ⸻ [Bridge – building intensity] [Bridge] We want answers we can touch A voice that promises too much A stronger hand, a sharper sword A different road, an easier Lord But You wore thorns instead of gold And washed the feet of those You led The King we need is seldom chosen Yet You rose up from the dead ⸻ [Final Chorus – anthemic] No kings No crowns of gold and stone No leader made of flesh and blood To carry us back home Just one Whose kingdom has no end The King who laid His power down And calls us all His friends No kings No kings but One ⸻ [Outro – voices only] We built the towers to the sky You brought the Spirit passing by We asked for kings to take control You gave Your life to save our souls No kings but One.
