Today We Are One (The Hammer & The Hymn)
gospel metal, heavy metal, deep resonant bass-baritone lead, massive SATB choir, distorted guitars, double kick drums, Hammond organ, aggressive phrasing, soaring belts
Today We Are One (The Hammer & The Hymn)
gospel metal, heavy metal, deep resonant bass-baritone lead, massive SATB choir, distorted guitars, double kick drums, Hammond organ, aggressive phrasing, soaring belts
Lyrics
Intro | Hammond organ | SATB choir hum
(Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
deep resonant bass-baritone
Different stories, different lives
Different colors, different eyes
But we are not that different now
Build-Up | heavy tom roll | distorted guitar slide
Aggressive
The ground is changing tonight!
Verse 1 | palm-muted power chords | double bass drums
guttural vocal
Let's forget the lines we drew in the dirt
Forget the past, the salt, and the hurt
Together we pull the iron from stone
Muscle and marrow, blood and bone!
Pre-Chorus | organ swells | soaring choir backing
powerful belted vocal
Raise the flag!
Chorus | full wall of sound | heavy metal groove | SATB choir
Both
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
With our own hands, the work has begun
We make our history under the sun
Together we brace until it is won
So raise the flag!
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
Post-Chorus | heavy breakdown riff | choir chant
(E, e, ie, e!)
(E, e, ie, e!)
STRIKE THE GROUND!
(E, e, ie, e!)
Verse 2 | bass guitar focus | ride cymbal bell
rapid rhythmic delivery
Colors on faces, voices collide
Strangers turning to take the same side
Hands in the air, flesh in the game
Spitting the grit and sharing the name
Pre-Chorus | tension building | pinch harmonics
Defiant
Screaming louder than the roaring crowd
We align right now, and we say it loud!
Chorus | full wall of sound | heavy metal groove | SATB choir
Both
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
With our own hands, the work has begun
We make our history under the sun
Together we brace until it is won
So raise the flag!
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
Bridge | half-time breakdown | brutal distortion
Call and Response
Lead Vocal
Make history!
SATB Choir
(WITH OUR OWN HANDS!)
Lead Vocal
We are stronger!
SATB Choir
(WE STAND IN THE BANDS!)
Guitar Solo | screaming melodic lead over Hammond organ
Final Chorus | explosive energy | maximum distortion
Both
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
With our own hands, the work has begun
We make our history under the sun
Together we brace until it is won
So raise the flag!
TODAY WE ARE ONE!
Outro | sudden cut to organ | fading choir
(E, e, ie, e...)
(Today we are one)
Stop