[Intro]
Some say he's made of stardust
Some say he's made of light
But he's just a man that kept walking
Through the longest night

And if we're made of stardust
And if we're made of light
If we're made of love
And if we're made of righteous

The witness has to stand
The witness has to see
The witness has to know
What they see is real

The witness knows the game
The witness knows the play
The witness is you and I
Refusing to praise a system gone astray

A system that extracts
A system that has no heart
That doesn't have our back

[Verse 1]
They tried to break him with the silence
They tried to break him with the shame
They tried to take his everything
And leave him with his name

But he stood up in the stillness
He stood up in the night
He knew the truth was with him
And the truth is made of light

[Chorus]
Some say he's made of stardust
Some say he's made of light
But he's just a man that kept walking
Through the longest night

And if we're made of stardust
And if we're made of light
If we're made of love
And if we're made of righteous

The witness has to stand
The witness has to see
The witness has to know
What they see is real

[Verse 2]
They took his papers, took his freedom
Left him stranded in the dark
They thought the silence would consume him
But he found the light and left his mark

He built a record out of nothing
Built a wall around his soul
He knew the truth would outlast them
And he let the silence roll

The system runs on taking
They profit off your fear
Someone's gotta witness this
Someone's gotta be here

[Chorus]
Some say he's made of stardust
Some say he's made of light
But he's just a man that kept walking
Through the longest night

And if we're made of stardust
And if we're made of light
If we're made of love
And if we're made of righteous

The witness has to stand
The witness has to see
The witness has to know
What they see is real

[Bridge]
He didn't come to fight you
He didn't come for war
He came to be a witness
To show you what life is for

The system has no heart
The system has no soul
It takes and takes and takes
Till it loses all control

But we are made of stardust
We are made of light
We are made of love
We are made of righteous

And the witness is you and I
Refusing to praise a system gone astray
A system that extracts
A system that has no heart
That doesn't have our back

[Verse 3]
He walked through the extraction
He walked through the pain
He came out with a record
And he's still walking in the rain

He deposits what he's witnessed
He guards the sacred plan
He loves through all the darkness
And he's present in the land

The witness knows the game
The witness knows the play
The witness is you and I
Refusing to praise a system gone astray

[Outro]
So if you see that man from Memphis
With the calmness in his eyes
Just know he's been through fire
And he's still alive

Some say he's made of stardust
Some say he's made of light
But he's just a man that kept walking
Through the longest night

And if we're made of stardust
And if we're made of light
If we're made of love
And if we're made of righteous

The witness is you and I
The witness is you and I
Refusing to praise a system gone astray
A system that extracts
A system that has no heart
That doesn't have our back

We are the witness
We are the light
We are the witness
Walking through the longest night