Musical Theory

The world's a song
we've labeled it as such
this is the universe
the one verse we know
in a song being sung still
and ever after
far as we know
an epic
full of tragedy and comedy
of love and hate
of impulse and planning
an improvisation?
a story
a thought
expressed the only way we can interpret it
in words and sight and sound and touch and smell
in a heartbeat a million souls become one
in tune to the music of the spheres
that eternal song
but this be just one verse
begun with the sound of drums
and now the sound of trumpets above
and screams below
and all the pain and joy between
but are we the first verse?
is the bridge to come
or perhaps the chorus
a fleeting sense between
this verse and the next
a summary of what's been and what's to come
will there be a reprise?
will we know it when it comes
or be sung the same as before
unknowing and unable to change
no longer improvised
that we've already been sung
and noted as significant
or is that too much pride
to think that we might be more
than just another grain of sand
at the bottom of the ocean
more light manifest
for isn't that but what we are?
lightwaves become soundwaves
this most divine dance
one an expression of the other
all we know a release of light
this release the language of the song
forged in the sun
as it lends its voice to the stars
forged in the sun
we lend it our voices
in pop and rock and indie
in country and folk and metal
in all that we can forge ourselves
we give our light back to the stars
we join together in song
become a part of this verse
and perhaps that's enough
perhaps that's worth all the tragedy
that we're more than what we are
until our verse does end
and another begins in place
but we've lent our voices
let ourselves be heard
and the song goes ever on
that for us the greatest sin
is to remain silent.