[Shamisen] Tick-tick—DAH Tick-tick—DAH [Upright bass] Had an idea in the middle of the night Looked real good till I turned on the light Everybody dreams Everybody talks Difference gets made When the dream learns how to walk [Beat] Thought becomes language Language becomes flame Nothing gets a body Till you give that thing a name Give it form Give it weight Give it somewhere it can stand Vision ain't a building Till somebody uses hands [Chorus] Give it form Give it form Take it out your head Put it here in the world Give it bones Give it breath Give it work worth doing You can spend your whole life dreaming Or build What you've been viewing [Shamisen riff] [Rap] I got notebooks full of kingdoms That never paid rent Great ideas die rich With every dollar never spent So I learned— Write it down Break it small Make a door Build a wall Test the hinge Change the plan Pretty ain't useful If the damn thing can't stand I give vision structure I give purpose form I build through the silence The pressure The storm No lightning required No voice from above Just a table A pencil Some patience And love [Chorus] Give it form Give it form Take it out your head Put it here in the world Give it bones Give it breath Give it work worth doing You can spend your whole life dreaming Or build What you've been viewing [Beat cuts] [Shamisen + upright bass] [Bridge] A thought ain't a promise A wish ain't a plan A map ain't a journey A tool ain't a hand You can wait for permission You can wait for a sign Or put one damn brick down And call that one Mine [SUB DROP] [Final Rap] Word becomes sentence Sentence becomes page Page becomes something That can outlive your age Song becomes signal Lesson becomes seed Build it well enough It travels Without me I choose what I build I choose what I feed I choose what becomes action From thought Word And seed [Chorus] Give it form Give it form Dreams don't need another speech Give 'em somewhere They can reach Give it rhythm Give it name Thought becomes language Language becomes— [Beat stops] Flame [Shamisen: three-note riff] [Low gong]
