[Verse 1] We've worn the slogans thin Pinned above the sink Every promise had a color Every answer had a hook We learned the shape of outrage We learned the cost of peace But the room goes quiet after And the questions still stay [Pre-Chorus] So take the borrowed banners down Let the bare wall tell the truth If the future has a doorway It won't open by itself for you [Chorus] What is ours when the noise is gone? What do we carry, what do we pass along? Not another borrowed fire Not a name carved in stone Give me one honest reason I can build with my own What is ours? What is ours? [Verse 2] I found a list in pencil Underneath an old receipt Three names, a cracked blue mug And a promise I could keep No grand parade to follow No perfect cause to join Just your hand across the table And a choice that sounds like us [Pre-Chorus] Let the famous words grow distant Let the old machines rust out There is work beneath the window There is mercy in the doubt [Chorus] What is ours when the noise is gone? What do we carry, what do we pass along? Not another borrowed fire Not a name carved in stone Give me one honest reason I can build with my own What is ours? What is ours? [Bridge] Maybe rage can clear the ground Maybe love can stay awhile Maybe peace is not surrender Maybe change begins this small One door opened in the morning One hard truth we don't disguise One decision made together With both feet underneath our lives [Final Chorus] This is ours when the noise is gone What we repair, what we refuse to pass along Not a borrowed fire Not a kingdom of our own Just an honest reason And a place we call home This is ours This is ours Let it start with us [Outro] No more waiting for the answer No more asking who decides We are here, and we are choosing With both feet underneath our lives
