I woke up today and a song was swimming in my head I woke up today and a song was swimming in my head Eu acordei hoje uma canção estava nadando em minha cabeça and I hummed it to myself as I got out of bed and I hummed it to myself as I got out of bed E eu sussurei para mim mesmo como eu saí da cama and on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me and on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me E tomar banho só pra acordar that a song like this just might go down in history that a song like this just might go down in history Que uma canção como esta apenas pôde ir para baixo na história I quickly ran back to get my guitar, a pen and some paper I quickly ran back to get my guitar, a pen and some paper Eu corri rapidamente para pegar minha guitarra, uma caneta e algum papel Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Porque este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong E eu estou tentando pôr as palavras onde pertencem yeah this whole world needs an anthem and I'm yeah this whole world needs an anthem and I'm Yeah, este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino hoping everyone will sing along hoping everyone will sing along E eu estou esperando que todos cantem comigo Well I quickly got to work and put the song in gear Well I quickly got to work and put the song in gear Bem, eu comecei rapidamente trabalhar e pôr a canção na engrenagem and my neighbor rang the doorbell and said it caught his ear and my neighbor rang the doorbell and said it caught his ear E meu vizinho tocou a campainha e disse que doeu seu ouvido I was playing it so loud the whole neighborhood could hear I was playing it so loud the whole neighborhood could hear Eu estava tocando tão alto que o bairro inteiro pôde ouvir and at night from every household it became quite clear and at night from every household it became quite clear E na noite de cada casa se tornou completamente clara everyone was singing along everyone was singing along Todo mundo estava cantando comigo the same notes the same song the same notes the same song A mesma nota da mesma canção and I knew my work was done and I knew my work was done Ou talvez eu ouvi errado. Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Porque este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong E eu estou tentando pôr as palavras onde pertencem yeah, this whole world needs an anthem and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) yeah, this whole world needs an anthem and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) Yeah, este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino Everyone was singing along Everyone was singing along E eu estou esperando que todos cantem comigo. the same notes the same song the same notes the same song Todo mundo estava cantando comigo and I knew my work was done and I knew my work was done A mesma nota da mesma canção Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Cuz this whole world needs an anthem Ou talvez eu ouvi errado. and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong (where they belong) and I'm tryin' to put the words where they belong (where they belong) Porque este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino (precisa de um hino) yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem) and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem) and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) E eu estou tentando pôr as palavras onde pertencem Well this whole world (whole world) needs an anthem (needs an anthem) Well this whole world (whole world) needs an anthem (needs an anthem) Yeah, este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino (precisa de um hino) and I'm trying to put the words where they belong and I'm trying to put the words where they belong E eu estou esperando que todos cantem comigo. yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem) yeah this whole world needs an anthem (needs an anthem) Yeah, este mundo inteiro precisa de um hino (precisa de um hino and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) and I'm hoping everyone will sing along (will sing along) E eu estou esperando que todos cantem comigo. (todos cantem comigo)