Same Rain (Extended 1)

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] I wake before the alarm

Stare at ceilings I have memorized

Everyone I know is reaching

For something just out of sight

I carry quiet on my shoulders

Tell my friends I'm doing fine

But there's a river running under

Every calm I try to find

[Pre-Chorus] We don't get forever

We just get right now

One chance to hold somebody

Show them how

[Chorus] We are only human

Standing in the same rain

Different roads but the same ache

The same hope the same blame

So reach out reach out

Lift a hand up from the ground

We are only human

And we need each other now

[Post-Chorus] Oh-oh oh-oh

(Need each other now)

Oh-oh oh-oh

(Need each other now)

[Verse 2] There's a father working through the evening

There's a daughter learning how to fight

There's a stranger in the seat beside me

Holding back the tears at night

We read the covers not the chapters

Turn our faces from the tears

What if the one we walk past

Is the reason we are here

[Pre-Chorus] We don't get forever

We just get right now

One chance to hold somebody

Show them how

[Chorus] We are only human

Standing in the same rain

Different roads but the same ache

The same hope the same blame

So reach out reach out

Lift a hand up from the ground

We are only human

And we need each other now

[Bridge] What if today is the day

Someone needs to hear their name

What if one small act of kindness

Could undo a world of pain

What if every wall we build

Is the wall that keeps us blind

What if we're so busy running

We forget to be kind

[Choir] Wake up wake up

There is still time to care

Reach out reach out

Let somebody know you're there

We are here

We are breathing

We are more than what we're grieving

Different roads

Different faces

Same need for love in different places

[Chorus] We are only human

Standing in the same rain

Different roads but the same ache

The same hope the same blame

So reach out reach out

Lift a hand up from the ground

We are only human

And we need each other now

[Post-Chorus] Oh-oh oh-oh

(Need each other now)

Oh-oh oh-oh

(Need each other now)

[Breakdown] Be the hand that reaches out

Be the voice that breaks the doubt

Leave a little more kindness here

Before the light goes out

[Final Chorus] We are only human

Standing in the same rain

Different roads but the same ache

The same hope the same blame

So reach out reach out

Lift a hand up from the ground

We are only human

And we need each

[Instrumental Interlude — Solo Piano Returns, Then Strings Enter] [Verse 3 — Quiet, Acoustic Guitar Only] I saw a man on the corner

Holding a sign that said almost home

And I had somewhere I was rushing

So I just kept walking on

But his eyes stayed with me later

When I laid my head down that night

And I wondered how many chances

I've been too busy to recognize

[Verse 4 — Building, Strings Swell] There's a daughter calling her father

Who never picks up the phone

There's a friend I haven't spoken to

Since I don't remember when

There's a letter I keep meaning to write

There's a sorry I keep holding in

There's a bridge I keep on burning

Just to prove that I could win

[Pre-Chorus] We don't get forever

We just get this breath

One chance to say I love you

Before there's nothing left

[Chorus — Full Band Enters, Drums Build] We're all just human, learning how to try

Different endings, but we all wonder why

Behind every closed door, a heart that's letting go

Behind every goodbye, a love we didn't know

So be kind, reach out, before the day is through

The world needs more of me and more of you

We're not so different, you and me

We're all just human, trying to be free

[Post-Chorus] Oh-oh oh-oh

(Trying to be free)

Oh-oh oh-oh

(Trying to be free)

[Bridge 2 — Quiet Again, Then Slowly Rising] What if every one of us

Is carrying the same weight

What if all we really need

Is just someone who can relate

What if mercy isn't weakness

What if listening is strength

What if we could hold the world

With arms stretched out to any length

[Gospel Choir Break — Swelling, Call and Response] Oh-oh-ohhh

(We are not alone)

Oh-oh-ohhh

(We are not alone)

Every tear you've ever cried

(Heaven counts them all)

Every hand you've ever held

(Is never gonna fall)

[Choir] Rise up, rise up

There is still a song to sing

Hold on, hold on

To the hope that morning brings

We are here

We are breathing

We are more than what we're grieving

Different roads

Different faces

Same need for love in different places

[Instrumental Break — Orchestra and Drums, Building to Peak] [Final Chorus — Full Choir, Powerful Drums] WE'RE ALL JUST HUMAN, STANDING IN THE SAME RAIN!

DIFFERENT STORIES, BUT WE KNOW THE SAME PAIN!

Behind every smile, a soul that's holding on!

Behind every brave heart, a strength that carries on!

Be the hand that reaches out!

Be the voice that breaks the doubt!

If there's one thing we can leave behind,

LET IT BE A LITTLE MORE KINDNESS IN THIS LIFE!

[Outro — Choir Fades to Solo Voice, Then Piano] When the years have all been counted

And the names have all been read

When the songs we sang are quiet

And the last word has been said

Will somebody remember

That we tried to do some good

That we loved a little louder

Than we ever thought we could

We are only here a while

So love a little deeper

Judge a little less

And leave somebody's world

Better than you found it [Instrumental Outro — Solo Piano, Strings Fade, Final Chord Rings] [Instrumental]