I watched history
As you hit
Every note
Pitch perfect
Like a record playing from your throat
And every last one in front of you
Screamed along
And you smiled
From ear to ear
Because you forgot
What it was like to live with fear.
Last night
I was a child
I was brought back
To easy times
When it seemed like
Watching the stage lights
Was only right
Last night
I was a rampart
Standing at
The edge of the crowd
And when the band told me to “Stop”
I let ‘em out.
I watched history
As a man
I once loved
Bloomed into a woman
I’d never let go
And every last one in front of you
Screamed your name
It was the ballad
The resurrection
The feeling that you can’t escape
Amazing Grace.
Last night
I was a child
I was brought back
To better times
When it seemed like
Singing all night
Was only right
Last night
I was in rapture
Standing at
The edge of the crowd
And when you talked about the hope of Mary
I let it out.
There was a time
When knowing
Every line
Banded you together
With a room
Full of strangers
And there was a time
When emotion
Wasn’t a crime
When we never looked
At what
Was ahead of us
Last night
I was a child
I was brought back
To hopeful times
When it seemed like
Saving your hand stamp
Was only right
Last night
You were a prophet
Standing at
The edge of the crowd
And when you told us that we’d bleed for silence
We let it out
Last night.
