The story behind this song
Somewhere a candle once burned for a name nobody could say out loud. People loved in code — letters never sent, back rooms, truths buried in the garden so the ones who came after would find them. Then a generation turned a funeral march into a parade, lost so many friends they stopped counting, and marched anyway so a kid in the future could stand in the sun and be seen. That kid is standing in the crowd now, feeling too quiet and too loud at once, realizing for the first time they were never the first and never alone.
It's a handoff across decades: you were always here, I am here now, the ones after us will be here too. The song starts as one trembling voice and ends as everyone who ever came before, singing back.
For the community that was told it was the first — and never was.
Lyrics
loved in a whisper, a letter, a code.
so the ones who'd come after would know.
And somewhere a candle was burning
for a name that they never could say —
oh, but the light kept on turning,
and it found its way to today.
feeling too quiet, feeling too loud —
take a breath, look around, we are
everywhere, everywhere now.
Through the silence, through the fear —
every color in the light,
every heart that learned to fight.
We were always here.
Say it 'til it's crystal clear —
we don't fade, we don't disappear,
oh, we were always, always here.
turned a funeral march into a parade.
Lost a whole generation of brothers,
and still showed up unashamed.
They marched so a kid in the future
could stand in the sun and be seen —
and that kid is you, and you're standing here now,
the answer to somebody's dream.
feeling too quiet, feeling too loud —
take a breath, look around, we are
everywhere, everywhere now.
Through the silence, through the fear —
every color in the light,
every heart that learned to fight.
We were always here.
Say it 'til it's crystal clear —
we don't fade, we don't disappear,
oh, we were always, always here.
(we are here)
sing it for the ones who fought —
(we are here)
sing it for the kid in the mirror
learning they were never, ever a mistake.
From the back rooms to the bright lights,
from the whisper to the roar —
we were always, always, always —
and we're not hiding anymore.
Through the silence, through the fear —
every color in the light,
every heart that learned to fight!
We were always here!
Say it 'til it's crystal clear —
we don't fade, we don't disappear,
oh, we were always, always here.
(always, always)
We'll always be here.
(always, always)
And the ones after us…
they'll be here too.
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