[Intro]
Hands in the air, let the city hear the sound
Feet on the ground, but the whole world shaking now
Lights on the brass, drums roll like thunder
Tonight we don’t sleep, tonight we don’t go under

[Verse]
They sold us silence in a golden frame
Put fear on the screen and called it by our name
They signed the papers, then they hid the knives
While working people tried to hold their lives
But out in the park with the wires and the stage
We turn our hurt into rhythm and rage
Bassline walking like it knows the street
Snare drum cracking where the truth and the people meet

[Pre-Chorus]
Can you feel it rising from the back row
Can you hear it moving where the winds blow
Every hand a witness, every voice alive
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Chorus]
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
No more whispers, we testify
With the horns up high and the drums on fire
We lift the truth like a city choir
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
Every broken heart gonna multiply
No fake parade, no quiet goodbye
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Verse]
They got a script for the evening news
Heroes in suits and people made to lose
They got a camera for the burning street
But never show the hands that need to eat
So we bring the cameras to the crowd tonight
Let the mothers speak in the stage light
Let the fathers shout with the bass guitar
Let the kids know exactly who they are

[Pre-Chorus]
Can you feel it rising from the front line
Can you hear it cutting through the headline
Every hand a witness, every voice alive
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Chorus]
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
No more whispers, we testify
With the horns up high and the drums on fire
We lift the truth like a city choir
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
Every broken heart gonna multiply
No fake parade, no quiet goodbye
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Instrumental]
Brass hit, bass walk, drum break, scratch
Crowd clap, horns rise, kick back, snare snap

[Bridge]
Say live
Live
Say truth
Truth
Say power
Power
Say we are the proof

[Breakdown]
If they tax your breath and they sell your time
If they call your hunger a victimless crime
If they build their towers from your unpaid nights
Put your hands in the air and face the lights

[Build-up]
One voice, two voices, ten thousand more
Feet like thunder on the festival floor
One spark, two sparks, all in the sky
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Chorus]
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
No more whispers, we testify
With the horns up high and the drums on fire
We lift the truth like a city choir
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
Every broken heart gonna multiply
No fake parade, no quiet goodbye
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Chorus]
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
No more whispers, we testify
With the horns up high and the drums on fire
We lift the truth like a city choir
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live
Every broken heart gonna multiply
No fake parade, no quiet goodbye
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live

[Outro]
Lights on the people, drums in the street
Truth in the rhythm, fire in the beat
Tell every tower, tell every lie
The Revolution Will Be Performed Live