[Intro]
Cold streets
Warm hands
Hard times
Still we stand
Cold streets
Warm hands
If the world turns ice
We make plans

[Verse]
Old man sleeping by the pharmacy sign
Young nurse crying on the late-night line
Mother counts change in the grocery aisle
Kid draws suns with a tired little smile
Politicians speak from a heated room
About hard choices and a coming boom
But the cold comes first where the cameras don’t land
So we pass one coat and we warm one hand

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold on, neighbor
Hold on, friend
If the night gets heavy
We bend, don’t end

[Chorus]
Cold streets, warm hands, that’s how we survive
Sharing little sparks just to keep hope alive
Cold streets, warm hands, let the choir rise
There is still a dawn in each other’s eyes
Cold streets, warm hands, no one left alone
We build a little shelter out of flesh and bone
Cold streets, warm hands, hear the bassline say
Love is still working when the systems decay

[Verse]
They made compassion sound weak and slow
Like every open door was a thing to outgrow
But I saw a stranger pay a stranger’s fare
Saw a whole block cook when the cupboards went bare
Saw kids bring blankets to the underpass
Saw a teacher stay after the final class
No marble statue, no televised brand
Just cold streets met by warm hands

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold on, neighbor
Hold on, friend
If the night gets heavy
We bend, don’t end

[Chorus]
Cold streets, warm hands, that’s how we survive
Sharing little sparks just to keep hope alive
Cold streets, warm hands, let the choir rise
There is still a dawn in each other’s eyes
Cold streets, warm hands, no one left alone
We build a little shelter out of flesh and bone
Cold streets, warm hands, hear the bassline say
Love is still working when the systems decay

[Interlude]
Pass the light
Pass the bread
Pass the song
Raise the dead
Pass the coat
Pass the flame
Pass the hope
Call my name

[Bridge]
Maybe mercy is a riot too
Maybe kindness is a weapon true
Maybe every hand that helps one more
Is a key they never planned for

[Breakdown]
Cold street
Warm hand
One beat
One stand
Cold street
Warm hand
Still here
Still human

[Build-up]
Let the choir lift what the headlines broke
Let the horns breathe warmth through the winter smoke
Let the crowd hold tight till the fear disbands
Cold streets, warm hands

[Chorus]
Cold streets, warm hands, that’s how we survive
Sharing little sparks just to keep hope alive
Cold streets, warm hands, let the choir rise
There is still a dawn in each other’s eyes
Cold streets, warm hands, no one left alone
We build a little shelter out of flesh and bone
Cold streets, warm hands, hear the bassline say
Love is still working when the systems decay

[Outro]
Cold streets
Warm hands
Hard times
Still we stand
Cold streets
Warm hands
We keep each other human