[Intro]
[Male vocal, intimate]
They bolted the gate at the end of the lane
And told us the rules were as fixed as the rain

[Verse 1]
The foreman keeps time with a brass pocket watch
While dust settles thick on the tools that we clutch
He says, “Keep your head down; the order is signed”
But every locked door leaves a hinge we can find

[Pre-Chorus]
So take your name back
Take your place
Look one another
Straight in the face

[Chorus]
We are the hands that can lift the stone
We are the voices that won’t be owned
No crown, no decree can make us kneel
We’ll turn this wheel by the strength we feel
Stand up, stand up, let the old walls learn:
A people pushed down have a right to return

[Verse 2]
They count every candle and ration the bread
They measure our worth by the words that they said
But Mara brought paint to the square after dark
And wrote on the courthouse: “We all leave a mark”

[Pre-Chorus]
Now take your name back
Take your place
Look one another
Straight in the face

[Chorus]
We are the hands that can lift the stone
We are the voices that won’t be owned
No crown, no decree can make us kneel
We’ll turn this wheel by the strength we feel
Stand up, stand up, let the old walls learn:
A people pushed down have a right to return

[Bridge]
Not for a throne, not to trade one chain
Not for a hero carved out of stone
We want the table, the keys, the bread
And a say in the lives that we’ve led

[Breakdown]
One hand, then another
One door, then the square
One voice, then a thousand
We’re already there

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
We are the hands that can lift the stone
We are the voices that won’t be owned
No crown, no decree can make us kneel
We’ll turn this wheel by the strength we feel
Stand up, stand up, let the old walls learn:
A people pushed down have a right to return

[Outro]
Take your name back
Take your place
We stand together
Face to face