Wall of Hope

[Intro] Spray can shaking, colors awake on the wall A whisper of streets where the shadows crawl [Verse 1] I tilt the nozzle, let the city breathe in spray Red for the courage that won’t rust away Blue for the rivers that still find their way Through cracked sidewalks teaching us to stay [Pre-Chorus] Close the gap between sorrow and spark If a mural can speak, then light leaves its mark [Chorus] We rise from the dust with a spray of hope Painted on bricks that the sirens grope Against the decay, we write our scope In colors that carry us home [Verse 2] Faces in the alley become portraits of grace Kids tracing halos on a tired old place Sirens sing lullabies to grown-up fears But the mural keeps beating, year after year [Pre-Chorus] Every line a vow we won’t betray Together we color the dawn of a new day [Chorus] We rise from the dust with a spray of hope Painted on bricks that the sirens grope Against the decay, we write our scope In colors that carry us home [Bridge] If the city forgets us, we’ll remind it in hue Stories in pigment, stubborn and true [Chorus] We rise from the dust with a spray of hope Painted on bricks that the sirens grope Against the decay, we write our scope In colors that carry us home [Outro] Wipe the night away with a sunrise stroke Stand back, survey the mural we woke Hope is a color, never fully broke On a wall where lives spoke