The ball lies waiting on the grass tonight
A silent moon beneath the floodlit sky
Forty-eight dreams arrive with open hands
Carried by oceans deserts cities lands
The gates swing wide the cameras start to roll
But no one yet has written history’s goal
The scoreboard sleeps untouched by loss or fame
And every heart still burns the same
Listen close—
The world is holding its breath
One moment before forever begins
It’s Opening Night Opening Night
Before there is a champion under these lights
No tears have fallen no dream has died
Every hope is still alive tonight
Opening Night Opening Night
The future is waiting beyond the white line
For one brief hour the whole world believes
Anything can happen tonight
A child upon a father’s shoulders high
Sees heroes walking underneath the sky
A captain stands beside the tunnel wall
Hearing destiny before the call
Tomorrow some will journey home too soon
Some will dance beneath a different moon
But none of that belongs to this first page
Tonight is wonder not the final stage
Listen close—
The world is holding its breath
One moment before forever begins
It’s Opening Night Opening Night
Before there is a champion under these lights
No tears have fallen no dream has died
Every hope is still alive tonight
Opening Night Opening Night
The future is waiting beyond the white line
For one brief hour the whole world believes
Anything can happen tonight
Years from now we’ll remember this sound
The roar before legends were crowned
Not who lifted the trophy high above
But the night the world arrived with love
It’s Opening Night Opening Night
Before there is a champion under these lights
No tears have fallen no dream has died
Every hope is still alive tonight
Opening Night Opening Night
The future is waiting beyond the white line
For one brief hour the whole world believes
Anything can happen tonight
Anything can happen tonight
