Open Up The Toolbox

[Intro: mechanical percussion, slap bass groove] [Verse 1: playful syncopated baritone] I've got a drill I use twice a year A ladder gathering dust in here My neighbor needs to fix a shelf But can't afford the tools himself I carried everything next door And asked what else he needed for [Pre-Chorus: ascending guitar counterpoint] A thing that sits upon a shelf Could make a difference somewhere else [Chorus: bright explosive harmonies] Open up the toolbox Let the neighborhood get strong There's enough to build together When we pass our blessings on What if all the things we're keeping Had a thousand lives to live? A kinder world's constructed From the things we're glad to give [Break: interlocking bass and guitar polyrhythms] [Verse 2: melodic baritone] He fixed the shelf and helped a friend Who brought the ladder home again Now someone shares a sewing kit And someone else knows how to fix [Bridge: half-time, warm harmonies] We built a little more than shelves We built a way to help ourselves [Final Chorus: soaring major lift] Open up the toolbox Let the good keep passing through We can build a better neighborhood With what we already knew [Outro: bass and guitar in unison]