We Carried Every Mile

[Куплет 1] The elevator let us out above the avenue My tie was loose, the day had taken everything it knew Mara brought the good news up before the lift doors closed The whole floor heard my name, then made the kind of noise that grows [Алдынғы қайырма] We'd chased that deadline through a dozen shifting plans You held the client steady; i just learned to trust the hands That passed the work around when one of us ran thin Tonight the skyline's wide enough to let us all walk in [Қайырма] Here's to the ones who stayed the course The late revisions, second drafts, and finding one more source They gave me the title, but we carried every mile So raise a glass above the traffic—look at us now, and smile [Куплет 2] Dev kept a little tally of the changes on his sleeve Nina found the number nobody thought we'd make believe By five, the final pages held together in a line And somebody said, “we did it”—like the words had taken time [Алдынғы қайырма] The next desk over knows what every close call cost No speech could name the small, brave things that kept us from being lost If i get to lead tomorrow, here's the promise that i'll keep: No one climbs the ladder while the rest are losing sleep [Қайырма] Here's to the ones who stayed the course The late revisions, second drafts, and finding one more source They gave me the title, but we carried every mile So raise a glass above the traffic—look at us now, and smile [Көпір] The city runs on its own clock, the buses trace their lines Up here, the hardest week turns gold for just a little time I used to think success meant standing out alone Now i know the best thing i can earn is trust that's grown [Final chorus] Here's to the ones who stayed the course The late revisions, second drafts, and finding one more source They gave me the title, but we carried every mile So raise a glass above the traffic—look at us now, and smile [Аутро] We carried every mile Look at us now, and smile