[Intro — overlapping voices, synth pulse rising] VOICE 1 I caught it from somebody— VOICE 2 I don’t remember who. VOICE 3 I only know it moved. ALL And then it moved through you. [Beat drops] [Verse 1 — Voice 1] You walked in like the room was yours Not loudly, just enough Someone laughed before the punchline Someone else stood up You said, “Come on, you’re coming with us” Like it was obvious to do I didn’t know I needed asking Till permission moved through you [Verse 2 — Voice 2] I wore it home without knowing A little brighter in my skin Held the elevator open Let somebody else step in Maybe nothing starts with thunder Maybe no one rings a bell Maybe one small act keeps traveling Further than we ever tell [Pre-Chorus — Voices 1 & 2] You give a little I take a little I change a little too What comes to me Won’t leave the same [All] It moves through you [Chorus 1 — all voices] It moves through me It moves through you Nothing stays the same when it passes through Pass it around Pass it along A little gets stronger every time it moves on Something begins Something comes through I leave a little of me in you It moves through me It moves through you [Post-Chorus — chopped vocals] Through you Through you Through you Keep it moving Keep it moving Through you [Verse 3 — Voice 3] Someone rolled their eyes at dinner Someone learned which joke to make Someone watched the room go quiet And decided silence meant okay No one wrote it in the handbook No one had to say the rule Just a dozen tiny signals Teaching everybody what to do [Pre-Chorus — darker] You give a little I take a little I change a little too What comes to me Won’t leave the same But neither will you [Chorus 2] It moves through me It moves through you Nothing stays the same when it passes through Pass it around Pass it along A little gets stronger, a little goes wrong Something begins Something wears through I leave a little of me in you It moves through me It moves through you [Post-Chorus — brighter synths, darker vocal] Through you Through you Love moves like that Through you Through you Fear moves like that [Verse 4 — alternating rapidly] VOICE 1 A kindness becomes permission VOICE 2 Permission becomes a door VOICE 3 A warning becomes suspicion VOICE 1 Suspicion becomes something more VOICE 2 A habit becomes a custom VOICE 3 A custom becomes “we’ve always known” VOICE 1 A wound becomes an answer ALL Long after the wound is gone [Beat strips down] VOICE 2 Who started it? VOICE 3 Does it matter? VOICE 1 Maybe. VOICE 2 Can we stop it? VOICE 3 Maybe not. VOICE 1 Can we change it? [Beat returns] ALL Maybe. [Chorus 3 — darker] It moves through me It moves through you Nothing stays the same when it passes through Pass it around Pass it along A little gets colder every time it moves on Something gets lost Something gets through You leave a little of them in you It moves through me It moves through you [Bridge — Voice 1, intimate] I can’t give back what reached me Before I knew its name VOICE 2 I can’t undo every gesture Or find the first mistake VOICE 3 But I can hold it for a moment Long enough to see ALL What came from you What grew in me What doesn’t have to leave [Build — voices begin overlapping] VOICE 1 Keep the courage VOICE 2 Lose the cruelty VOICE 3 Keep the question VOICE 1 Lose the shame VOICE 2 Keep the warning VOICE 3 Change the story ALL It doesn’t have to leave the way it came [Final Chorus — huge, euphoric] It moves through me It moves through you Nothing stays the same when it passes through Pass it around Pass it along A little can change before it moves on Something can end Something start new I choose what keeps moving through It moves through me It moves through you Nothing stays the same when it passes through Pass it around Pass it along We are not only what we pass on Something remains Something turns new I leave a little better with you [Final layered refrain — singers overlapping] VOICE 1 Love moves through me VOICE 2 Fear moves through you VOICE 3 Mercy moves through me VOICE 1 Anger moves through you VOICE 2 Courage moves through me VOICE 3 Power moves through you ALL Nothing stays the same Nothing stays the same Nothing stays the same When it moves— Through you [Outro — synth pulse slowing] VOICE 1 I caught it from somebody. VOICE 2 I don’t remember who. VOICE 3 But now I know— ALL, softly What leaves me passes through me first.
