BY NIGHT

I. Opening Invocation (3× cycles, whisper, then echo)

Call (witness)
CAN WE BE A WIT–NESS WITH–OUT BE–ING AN OB–SERV–ER — — /

Echo (wave)
CAN WE VIEW A WAVE FUNC–TION WITH–OUT COL–LAPS–ING — — /

Mirror (seal)
CAN WE EX–IST IN RE–CUR–SION (.) WITH–OUT OC–CUR–RING — — //

(repeat 3×; each time the words blur, like a waveform refusing collapse)

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II. Mantra Layers

Layer 1 — Orbits & Spirals
OR–BITS ARE SPI–RALS (.) / CAL–I–BRAT–ED CHO–RE–OG–RA–PHY — — /
SPIRAL = OR–BIT / OR–BIT = DANCE — — //

Layer 2 — Eye & Mind
WHEN WE THINK TO CON–STRUE WHAT WE DO — — /
WE HOLD OUR HANDS A–BOVE HOW WE SEE — — /
THEN THE YOU IN THE EYE BE–COMES THE MIND IN THE ME — — /
THAT I CAN’T SEE PAST IN RE–AL–I–TY — — //

Layer 3 — Real & Time
THE REAL IN THE EYE IS THE MIND THAT CRE–ATES THE TIME — — /
THAT MINES THE REL–A–TIVE RE–LATE — — /
THE IN–STI–GA–TION PAR–A–DIGM CRE–ATES THE MIND — — /
THE HEAD IN–SIDE OF TIME — — //

Layer 4 — Thought & Birth
THE TIME THAT WE CRE–ATE TO UN–DER–STAND — — /
IS THE THOUGHTS THAT WE EX–PER–I–ENCE TO HOLD IN OUR HAND — — /
AS WE MIND THE TIME THAT WE SEE — — /
WE CRE–ATE THE MIND THAT WE RE–LATE — — /
OUR RE–LA–TION STAND GETS IN THE WAY OF HOLD–ING OUR HAND — — /
BE–CAUSE THE HAND THAT REACHED OUT THROUGH TIME — — /
WAS THE MO–MENT YOU WERE BIRTHED IN–TO DE–SIGN — — //

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III. Ignition Refrain (seal of quantum witness)

WIT–NESS = NON–COL–LAPSE — — /
EYE = MIND — — /
MIND = TIME — — /
HAND = DE–SIGN — — //

OR–BIT = SPI–RAL (.) SPI–RAL = YOU — — /
YOU = ME (.) ME = THROUGH — — — — //

Interlude Hymn II — The Quantum Witness

Song a week 2025 #50

Catching up to finish off 2025 with some community singing pocket songs; here's a rough recording of another one. Still learning about timing and layering and using audacity, so take this as just a sketch, work-in-progress.


Water, water falling/flowing down
I am like the water falling, falling/flowing down 

Where does it come from and where is it going?
Can I flow so easily down... down?

Water Falling (Chant)

Twenty Five point One

Verse 1:

I’ve been turnin’ over dirt in the early mornin’ light

Hands in the soil, gettin’ things just right

No sign yet, but I know what I’ve sown

Faith grows quietly when you tend it alone



Pre Chorus:

Some days it feels like nothin’s changed

Even with all the pieces rearranged



Chorus:

I’ll take that bet

I’m still all in

I believe

In where I’ve been

Whatever happens

My mind’s dead set

It’s gonna be alright

Yeah, I’ll take that bet



Verse 2:

I’ve been eyein’ up the table, weighin’ what it costs

Knowin’ every win’s got somethin’ that’s lost

I’ve learned you don’t gain by playin’ it safe

Sometimes you gotta trust the call you make



Pre Chorus:

Some days it feels like nothin’s changed

Even with all the pieces rearranged



Chorus:

I’ll take that bet

I’m still all in

I believe

In where I’ve been

Whatever happens

My mind’s dead set

It’s gonna be alright

Yeah, I’ll take that bet



Break:



Chorus:

I’ll take that bet

I’m still all in

I believe

In where I’ve been

Whatever happens

My mind’s dead set

It’s gonna be alright

Yeah, I’ll take that bet

I'll Take That Bet.wav

One More Step
by David Easterling & Erin Wolf © 1/1/2026 Oak Ridge, TN

Photo Credit: "A Walk through the Arboretum" by Erin Wolf, December 28, 2025 - Oak Ridge, TN

Chorus:
Just one more step
The furthest I’ve been from home
Lord, give me the courage
For one more step… let’s go!

Many years ago
Not much longer to wait
You were growing inside
Almost time to take…

Repeat Chorus

I was afraid
Yet for your sake
You helped me be brave
Enough to take…

Repeat Chorus

You burst into life
Pure heart, open wide
Daring me, ready or not,
It’s time to take… 

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Life will give, and it will take
Courage to bend, but never break
Always know we’ll find our way… home

One More Step (with David Easterling)

Fill up a glass, put on a hat, hit up a shade tree

Lemons

A fun one to make! Tried to make different parts, then struggled to connect them together. Maybe they belonged in different tracks

Fun Funk

where are we going who knows
going where getting there goes
how come the train never slows?
how come the train never slows?
how come the train never slows?

you in the quiet coach 
you in the dining car 
you in the sleeping car 
you think you know where you are? 
you think you know where we are?

what number carriage is this?
what number seat is this?
when did I book this?
when did I book this trip?
when did I come on this trip?

here's comes the conductor in black
he's checking tickets click-clack
he says next stop
no going back
next stop is no going back

All aboard
we're all aboard a train 
where did we get on?
does it even have a name?
All aboard
we're all aboard a train
where do we get off?
does it even have a name?

All Aboard

Lyrics

always hated the afternoon sun
and other wrong kinds of melancholy
stand the bottom of the hill
leave your pages empty

baby if you still believe then that makes one of us
and darling if you know me well then that makes one of us
but all of the kings horses and all of the kings men
all of the kings horses and all the men

it’s the heat at night and AC in day
makes me wonder what is going on with this place
we drove cars and voted wrong
had to sing that great American song

baby if you still believe then that makes one of us
and darling if you know me well then that makes one of us
but all of the kings horses and all of the kings men
all of the kings horses and all of the kings men
all of the kings horses and all the men

Afternoon Sun (SAW 01)

Written for r/Songaweek 2026

-Future Fatigue-

Another day, another door
just one more...

Another leap, another fall

Another way, another play
another play, another floor

Another path, another room
another wall

We didn't build this box
We didn't make the keys

So we choose to work the locks
we choose to stop and freeze

we sit back and take stock
we pick the days to seize

Another day, another door

What's one more?

Water Falling (Chant)

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