[Intro -instrumental] [Verse 1] The ceiling lets the winter in, The windows shake against the rain, Thirty desks, a crowded room, And one tired teacher calls our names. The bell rings out, the lesson waits, A book passed hand to hand, We carried all these broken days Beyond the schoolyard gates. [Pre-Chorus] We asked for doors that close, For someone there to teach, Now every avenue is full Of voices in the street. [Chorus] We are not asking for the moon, Just rooms where we can learn, A steady hand beside the board, A roof that doesn’t burn. [Verse 2] The march rolled on through afternoon, The shutters came down low, A line of shields, a sudden shove, And nowhere safe to go. A siren split the evening air, A stone went skimming past, The ones who write the rules watched on And felt the moment change. [Solo] [Pre-Chorus] We asked for time and books, For classes not so full, Don’t let the hurt become a fire That no one can control. [Chorus] We are not asking for the moon, Just rooms where we can learn, A steady hand beside the board, A roof that doesn’t burn. [Bridge] Call every school by name, Come stand beside the door, Fix what’s broken, fill the posts, And listen once more. No child should have to choose Between a book and being heard; Give the quiet back its place, Let change arrive in words. [Final Chorus] We are not asking for the moon, Just rooms where we can learn, A steady hand beside the board, A roof that doesn’t burn. Hear us before the pavements crack, Before the anger grows, There’s still a way to turn this back— The whole wide country knows. [Outro] The bell will ring tomorrow, Let it call us in, not out. [End] (Instrumental)
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