One Song

I wrote it in the quiet where nobody could hear
Just a candle of a melody against the dark in here
And I wondered if it mattered, if it ever left the room
Or if the silence swallowed every note I sang into the gloom

So I asked the empty air, I asked the fading light
Could a whisper this small ever make it through the night

If one song could change the world
Would it be loud enough to reach the back row of the crowd
If one song could change the world
Would anybody stop and turn and hear it out loud
I don't know, I don't know
But I'll sing it anyway
'Cause maybe on the other side somebody needs to hear me say

I used to think you had to be a thunder in the sky
A stadium of voices, a name they'd never let die
But the ones who really moved me never shouted, never sold
They just handed me a reason when my hands were going cold

So I ask the empty air, I ask the rising light
Could a whisper this small be the thing that saves a life

If one song could change the world
Would it be loud enough to reach the back row of the crowd
If one song could change the world
Would anybody stop and turn and hear it out loud
I don't know, I don't know
But I'll sing it anyway
'Cause maybe on the other side somebody needs to hear me say

Maybe it isn't one song
Maybe it's one person
One set of tired eyes lifting up to find the words
Maybe it isn't the whole world
Maybe it's one heart, one room, one spark
That's how the changing starts

If one song could change the world
Would it be loud enough to reach the back row of the crowd
If one song could change the world
Would anybody stop and turn and hear it out loud
I don't know, I don't know
But I'll sing it anyway
'Cause maybe on the other side somebody needs to hear me say

A world only changes one heartbeat at a time
A world only changes one heartbeat at a time
So I'll sing it for the one
And let the one become the light