wistful · rekindling · civic
People are sitting with a tug between what was and what could be, framed against a political backdrop that makes love feel both urgent and quietly radical.
We Voted For Each Other
Verse 1
We remember the shape of the street
Before the signs went up on every lawn
We remember the neighbors we would meet
Before the conversation moved along
Something in us keeps the old doors open
Even when we've changed the locks at night
We're not sure which version we were hoping
Would be standing here in this half-light
Chorus
We still want what we always wanted
Something simple, something we could share
A world that isn't quite so haunted
By the weight of who we were not there
We don't need an anthem or a monument
We need someone to mean what they say
The world needs more love — we meant it
We still mean it, even today
Bridge
Nostalgia is a room we keep returning to
Hoping something different fills the chair
But hope is not the past that we are turning to
Hope is knowing we can still repair
We've been angry, we've been tired of pretending
That the fractures in the road aren't real
But somewhere underneath the disagreement
Is a hunger that we collectively feel
Outro
We carry what we wished the world would carry
We say it when the noise gets thick and loud
More love than hate — it sounds ordinary
Until you try to mean it in a crowd
Until you try to mean it in a crowd
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Shaped by 3 voices
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