Two Doors · Album · Track 9
8 Aug 2026 · 4:17 · Alternative Rock · 74 plays
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Two hundred people in a hall
and every one of them agrees
that the thing being said from the stage
is a lie with a nice suit on.
Two hundred. Not one hand.
Not because they're cowards —
because each of them is certain
that they are the only one.
That is the engine. That is all of it.
Not the strength of the lie — the shape of the silence.
So be the first one up. (the first one up)
Not the bravest, not the loudest,
just the first one on their feet.
Be the first one up. (the first one up)
Because the second one is easy
and the third one is a wave.
Somebody has to be the first one up.
Every movement in the history books, every single one,
started with a person who was shaking when they done it,
no cape, no calling, no certainty, no plan,
just a body that stood up before the courage did, and stayed.
And the room does the rest — the room always does the rest,
'cause a hundred quiet people are a hundred loaded chests,
and they're not waiting for a leader, they are waiting for a signal,
one hand in the air is all it takes to break the ritual.
And you'll feel like the only one standing.
For about four seconds, you will be —
Take the four seconds. Take the stare.
It costs exactly that and nothing more.
Every room you've ever been in
had a dozen of you in it, sitting down.
NOBODY HAS TO CONVINCE YOU! (nobody!)
THEY ONLY NEED YOU CERTAIN YOU'RE ALONE!
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY'VE GOT —
AND IT DIES THE SECOND SOMEBODY MOVES!
IT DIES! IT DIES!
In the meeting, in the hall,
at the table where it'll cost you.
And when somebody else goes first,
stand with them inside a second —
that's the other half, that's the harder half:
be the second one up.
And then it's a wave.
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