[Verse 1]
Hard hats on in the morning
Blueprints spread on the floor
Coffee stains
Tired eyes
Still we keep drawing more
Steel bones under our fingers
Glass dreams laid in a row
Every line that we measure
Holds a life we don’t yet know
[Chorus]
We build a new skyline
Where every window lets the sun shine in
Every name on every door
Feels like home
Feels like breathing
We build a new skyline
Brick by brick
Let all the noise thin
Can you see it when you close your eyes?
A city we could live in peace within (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
Old scars in the concrete
Echoes stuck in the walls
Sirens once sang us stories
Of how fast a good thing falls
So we carve in little gardens
On the roofs
On the stairs
Leave wide streets for forgiveness
Leave soft rooms for every prayer
[Chorus]
We build a new skyline
Where every window lets the sun shine in
Every name on every door
Feels like home
Feels like breathing
We build a new skyline
Brick by brick
Let all the noise thin
Can you see it when you close your eyes?
A city we could live in peace within
[Bridge]
Hand in hand on the scaffold (hey!)
Passing hope like a light
If we all pull the same rope
We can lift the whole night
No border in the blueprint
Only space for a face
Every language on the pavement
Same word
Same grace
[Chorus]
We build a new skyline
Where every window lets the sun shine in
Every name on every door
Feels like home
Feels like breathing
We build a new skyline
Brick by brick
Let all the noise thin
Can you see it when you close your eyes?
A city we could live in peace within (oh yeah)