Hey Na Na (Rejoice)

A rollicking call to celebration runs through this song, but the invitation is aimed squarely at people who have little reason to feel like celebrating. The opening verses name the lost, the mourners, the forgotten, the broken, the poor, the oppressed, those without rest, and those who doubt — and to each of them the refrain simply says rejoice. That reversal carries the weight of the song: stillness and freedom are declared as present possessions rather than distant hopes, and the chorus keeps circling back to the same three-word command. Midway, the scope widens from human suffering to all created things — trees, sky, sea, everything seen and unseen, everything that breathes, even those in death. A quieter turn follows, urging the listener to stop trying to swallow the sea and drown in every drop, and instead notice light in the leaves and grass against bare feet. Prayer, love, and grief are held together as things done while playing underneath. The closing section repeats a declaration that this is the kingdom of heaven, paired with the image of dreaming up above while playing underneath it all.