Madiba in the Sky x We Are More

The story

He was white as morning, and he always went first into whatever the dark was hiding. When he was gone, I kept looking up, as if he could still show me how to fly. This is a song for everyone we carry in the sky. They didn't leave us smaller. They left us more.

Lyrics

Oh…
Oh light…
Oh light…

The wind returns where it once was still,
I breathe again, and I will.
One dawn, one spark, one shore
and I remember… we are more.

I see a fire in the distance
Calling me back home
I feel a voice in the silence
Saying I’m not alone

We lost the way, but kept the flame,
we spoke in storms, forgot our names.
The dust, the fire, the holy scars,
the nights we carried who we are.

Lift me up, don’t let me fall
I surrender to the call

Who still stands? (We still stand.)
Who still feels? (We still feel.)
Who forgives the pain before?
(We are more.)

Madiba in the sky
Show me how to fly
Madiba in the light
Guide me through the night

We are more, than what we were before,
the silence broke, the soul restored.
We’ve burned, we’ve healed, we’ve closed the door,
to fear, to doubt, we are more.

In the sky…
In the light…
In the sky…
In the light…

Every step I take is holy
Every breath a flame
What was lost is now before me
I remember my name

The roads we walked, the hearts we tore,
still echo softly, nothing more.
But through the cracks, the light is sure,
it whispers low, we are more.

Who still stands? (We still stand.)
Who still feels? (We still feel.)
Who forgives the pain before?
(We are more… we are more.)

Madiba in the sky
Show me how to fly
Madiba in the light
Guide me through the night

We are more, than what we were before,
the silence broke, the soul restored.
We’ve burned, we’ve healed, we’ve closed the door,
to fear, to doubt, we are more.

We are not the body
We are not the pain
We are just the fire
Calling out your name

Madiba, father of the people
You walk through the dark and you bring the light
You break the chain, you open the door
You show us the way, you show us the sky

Madiba, spirit of freedom
Your name is the drum in our heart
We stand, we rise, we remember
Because you teach us how to start

Oh Madiba…
We still call your name
Oh Madiba…
We carry your flame

There’s laughter now beneath the rain,
a gentle truth behind the pain.
The hands that trembled learn to hold,
the heart remembers what it told.

The sea, the wind, the open door,
the promise hums beneath the shore.
The past dissolves, the present soars,
it calls my name, we are more.

If you can hear this, breathe once more,
it’s not the end, we are more.

Madiba in the sky
Show me how to fly
Madiba in the light
We are still alive

We are more, than what we were before,
the night gave way, the heart restored.
We’ve burned, we’ve healed, we’ve reached the shore,
the world is new, we are more.

Madiba in the sky
Show me how to fly
Madiba in the light
We are still alive

We are more, we are more
Madiba in the sky
We are more, we are more
Madiba in the light

Mmm…
Oh light…
One dawn, one spark, one shore
We are still alive,
We are more.