[Verse 1] The hall was dark except the table light A green moon hanging over quiet felt A boy learned silence from the longest nights And kept the hunger no one else had felt His mother folded every fear away His father drove through weather without sleep They paid in years no trophy can repay And left their fingerprints beneath the green [Pre-Chorus] Every ball became a planet Every pocket was a door Every miss became a lesson Every win asked something more [Chorus] Under the green light Nobody sees the miles Nobody hears the rooms go still Behind a champion's smile Under the green light He lays the whole world down One soft breath, one steady hand One family in the sound [Verse 2] The chalk dust rose like winter in his hands The crowd held back its thunder till the break He wasn't born to easy circumstance He was built from what his people chose to take A thousand meals gone cold beside the road A thousand calls that ended, "I'm okay" The love that never asked to be bestowed Was standing there in every shot he made [Pre-Chorus] Every rail became a border Every angle found a way Every sacrifice grew louder When the final black gave way [Chorus] Under the green light Nobody sees the miles Nobody hears the rooms go still Behind a champion's smile Under the green light He lays the whole world down One soft breath, one steady hand One family in the sound [Bridge] And when the cameras call him glory And when the headlines learn his name He'll hear the old house in the morning He'll feel the hands that lit the flame Not every crown is made of silver Not every victory is loud Some are carried by the people Who were clapping long before the crowd [Final Chorus] Under the green light All the lonely miles All the rooms that froze in time Bloom behind his smile Under the green light He lays the whole world down One soft breath, one steady hand One family in the sound [Outro] The table fades, the lights come up The room begins to cheer But every dream that brought him here Is standing with him here
