Stronger Than the Walls

Intro

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

Mm, I see the walls we never built

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

But love can walk right through them still

Verse 1

They drew a line when I was small

Told me my skin was a reason to fall

I learned the labels before my name

Learned to shrink and take the blame

Every door had a lock I couldn't see

Every room had a chair not meant for me

Chorus

Love is stronger than the hate we're handed

Stronger than the lines we drew

Love is stronger and it don't need proving

It just needs me and it needs you

(Stronger, stronger)

(It just needs me and it needs you)

Verse 2

So I sat down at a stranger's table

Listened close to a story not mine

He spoke of home in a different language

I heard my own heart in every line

We are different rivers one ocean

Different songs in the same warm key

Chorus

Love is stronger than the fear they sold us

Stronger than the fence they raised

Love is stronger come and stand beside me

Let the whole wide world sing praise

(Stand beside me)

(Let the whole wide world sing praise)

Verse 3

Now I won't stay quiet when a brother falls

Won't turn my face from a crying call

If your voice is shaking I'll lend you mine

If your hands are tired I'll carry the line

We rise together or we don't rise at all

Every shoulder makes a sturdier wall

Chorus

Love is stronger raise it up together

Stronger let it fill the air

Love is stronger every voice a chorus

Every heart a welcome chair

(Raise it up now)

(Every heart a welcome chair)

Sing it louder

(Sing it louder)

Sing it louder now

Verse 4

I want my children growing up with open hands

Planting gardens where the fences stand

Let them wonder why we ever drew a line

Let them love what they don't understand

Diversity a garden not a war

Every color makes the whole thing more

Final Chorus

Love is stronger than the hate we're handed

Stronger than the walls we knew

Love is stronger come on sing it with me

It just needs me and it needs you

(Stronger, stronger)

(It just needs me and it needs you)

One love

(One love)

One heart

(One heart)

One beautiful human family

Outro

Mm, the walls are falling

(Oh-oh)

Mm, we're one

(Oh-oh)

We're one