LOVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

[DECONSTRUCTION CHOIR]

We build the missile
We tune the flame
We map the target
We name the name

We sharpen borders
We narrow sight
We feed the signal
We bless the fight

Fear is faster
Fear is clean
Pick a side
Keep it mean

[CONSTRUCTION CHOIR]

We hold the children
We check the door
We count the neighbors
We ask for more

We steady breathing
We cool the spark
We light a candle
Inside the dark

Stay human
Stay wide
Stay awake
Inside

It’s love, it’s love
we won’t hide
love is what matters
love is what decides

[DECONSTRUCTION]

Escalate
Dominate
Calculate
Retaliate

Louder
Harder
Strike first
Feed the thirst

[CONSTRUCTION]

Regulate
Integrate
De-escalate
Recreate

Hold fast
Stand near
Keep clear
Don’t mirror fear

love stands strong
love is here all along

[DUB BREAK]

Boom… boom… boom…

Missiles overhead
Heartbeat under ribs
Smoke in the air
Hands on the kids

keep love close
love is what matters
stop and listen
love is here
stop and listen
love conquers fear

boom… boom…boom…

[DECONSTRUCTION]

You call that love?
Soft and slow?
History’s written
By those who blow

Power is pressure
Power is flame
If you don’t strike
You lose the game

[CONSTRUCTION]

Power is patience
Power is spine
Power is choosing
Not to malign

Power is love
Listen up!

Strength is restraint
Strength is repair
Strength is refusing
To poison the air

Love is strength, not fear
Love is power, keep it dear

We see the threat
We name the fear
But we won’t let
It live in here

Next to love
your noise is nonsense
your agents of war
are dangerous clowns

[DECONSTRUCTION]

Break them down
Turn them small
If they’re not us
They’re not at all

Walls up high
Circle tight
Win the story
Win the fight

[CONSTRUCTION]

Every child
Under that sky
Bleeds the same
Cries the same cry

We keep our eyes
Wide open, clear
We face the risk
We don’t disappear

We do not drift
We do not sleep
We guard the soul
We guard it deep

We stand by love
it’s always here
you can’t divide us
with your fear

[DUB ECHO]

Construction…
Deconstruction…
Same street…
Same junction…

[DECONSTRUCTION]

Push the button
Draw the line
Short-term glory
Long-term decline

Noise is power
Noise is king
Break the beam
Break the ring

[CONSTRUCTION]

Noise is loud
But beams hold weight
Love is structure
Not a trait

Love is load-bearing
Steel in the frame
Love is discipline
Under flame

Love is not
Denying war
Love is choosing
To be more

[BRIDGE – both choirs overlapping]

DECONSTRUCTION:
Fear is faster!

CONSTRUCTION:
Love is longer!

DECONSTRUCTION:
Hit them harder!

CONSTRUCTION:
Hold it stronger!

DECONSTRUCTION:
Burn it down!

CONSTRUCTION:
Build it wiser!

DECONSTRUCTION:
Take the crown!

CONSTRUCTION:
Lift it higher!

[DUB DROP – silence, then heartbeat bass returns]

Boom… boom…boom

Under missiles
We breathe slow
Under pressure
We let love grow

Not naïve
Not blind
Clear of eye
Steady of mind

[FINAL RISE – both choirs begin to align rhythm]

DECONSTRUCTION:
Fear divides…

CONSTRUCTION:
Love aligns…

DECONSTRUCTION:
Fear is fire…

CONSTRUCTION:
Love refines…

DECONSTRUCTION:
Fear wins fast…

CONSTRUCTION:
Love wins last…

[FULL CHOIR – unified, thunderous but steady]

Love wins
Not because it is soft
But because it endures

Love wins
Not because it ignores
But because it secures

Love wins
In hospitals
In kitchens
In border towns

Love wins
In steady hands
When sirens sound

Love wins
When we refuse
To become
What fear would choose

Love wins
When eyes stay open
And hearts stay wide

Love wins
When we stand
On the side
Of the human side

[FINAL ECHO – slow, deep, grounded]

Love… wins…
Love… wins…

Not by fantasy
Not by spin

Love wins
Because we build
Again
And again
And again.