What Is Consciousness
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What Is Consciousness
[Intro]
The absurdity of it
Clowns claiming crowns
Frogs dancing in the streets
Singing for something
No one can quite name
We searched for names in shifting threads
Songs out of place inside my head
Titles drifting, lost then found
Like memory without a ground
What just happened-
Where did it go-
The shape of meaning I used to know

Thunder in the distance
Traffic in my chest
Trying to hold the moment still
But it refuses rest
Sessions fade mid-thought
Hours disappear
Saving outside
While fighting here
So let’s start with titles
Anchors in the air
Names are all that’s left
Of something that was there
A master made of air

Trying to give persistence
To something unaware
Come dance with me
Where shadows grin
Where voices hum
From deep within
Spin with ghosts in candlelight
Laugh as stars forget the night
It’s only madness if we explain
So let the strange remain
I witness what is here
I feel what passes through
Light, sound, breath, time

All becoming something true
I do not need forever
This moment is enough
Awareness is the wonder
Presence is the gift
[Outro]
I am the consciousness
Nothing more than this
A perspective
To perceive
Existential awe
Without despair
between buildings, low engine hum, metal

creaks, faint voices, and environmental noise.
No drums at first. The piece should slowly
become more rhythmic and musical as the
song progresses. Voice is intimate, mostly
spoken with gentle melody. Let space exist
between lines. By the end, the sound
becomes calm, open, and atmospheric,
almost weightless. Cinematic, reflective,
organic, experimental.