We Are One

[Intro][Style: massed choir, fortissimo, no soloist, in unison — not harmony] 繁荣! 繁荣! 繁荣! 繁荣! (Fán róng! Fán róng! Fán róng! Fán róng!) [Style: Industrial percussion enters — anvil, boot, anvil, boot] [Verse 1 ][Style: choir, still in unison, no individual voice yet] We rose from the ash of the nation We rose from the rust of the name The hand that was many was weakness The hand that is one is the flame [Pre-chorus][Style: choir begins to split into harmony — controlled, not free] What is the self but a fever? What is the I but a wound? Lay down the fever, lay down the wound — [Chorus][Style: anthemic, Eurovision-huge, choir in four-part harmony, brass] We are one! 我们是一! One mind, one mouth, one morning sun We are one! 我们是一! The work is joy, the joy is done 繁荣, 繁荣, the harvest comes We are one, we are one, we are one [Verse 2][Style: a single female voice emerges from the choir — but flat affect, no vibrato] I was a girl with a name and a fear I was a hunger, I was a tear The Chairman took the fear from my chest And gave me the work, and gave me the rest [Pre-chorus][Style: her voice doubles, triples, becomes choir again] What is the self but a fever? What is the I but a wound? Lay down the fever, lay down the wound — [Chorus] We are one! 我们是一! One mind, one mouth, one morning sun We are one! 我们是一! The work is joy, the joy is done 繁荣, 繁荣, the harvest comes We are one, we are one, we are one [Bridge][Style: tempo holds, brass drops out, choir chants in strict rhythm over percussion only] 服从是自由 (fú cóng shì zì yóu) — obedience is freedom 沉默是歌声 (chén mò shì gē shēng) — silence is song 许多是疾病 (xǔ duō shì jí bìng) — manyness is sickness 一个是健康 (yī gè shì jiàn kāng) — oneness is health [Style: Key change up a whole step — mechanical, not emotional] [Final chorus][Style: full force, choir + brass + percussion] We are one! 我们是一! One mind, one mouth, one morning sun We are one! 我们是一! The work is joy, the joy is done 繁荣, 繁荣, the harvest comes We are one, we are one, we are one We are one, we are one, we are one [Outro][Style: choir cuts off mid-syllable on a downbeat. Single female voice, flat, alone] 我是一. (Wǒ shì yī. — I am one.) [Silence. End.]