[Intro — quiet, spacious] It starts with a question A hand in the air A student who wonders If anyone cares A spark at a lab table A thought taking flight One ordinary classroom Can open up the night [Verse 1 — restrained, beginning to build] We teach them to notice To measure, to see To ask what could happen And what it could mean To test an assumption To follow the proof To welcome the questions That challenge the truth And sometimes the answer Is, “Try it once more” Because every discovery Begins at a door [Pre-Chorus — drums enter] So open it wider Let curiosity through There is more to discover There is more we can do [Chorus — first release] Light the question Feed the flame Give a young mind A reason to aim Past what is easy Past what they know Give them a wonder And watch where it goes From one small question New worlds can begin Science is calling— Let the future come in [Verse 2 — larger, more rhythmic] Across Metro Detroit In classrooms each day We turn “I don't know yet” To “Show me the way” With circuits and ecosystems Atoms and stars With forces and fossils And journeys to Mars But more than the answers More than the facts We teach them to question And follow the tracks To gather the evidence Change when they're wrong To learn that persistence Is part of being strong [Pre-Chorus 2 — stronger than first] We don't know which question Will change someone's life Which student will carry That spark through the night So open it wider Let curiosity through When teachers stand together There is more we can do [Chorus — bigger] Light the question Feed the flame Give a young mind A reason to aim Past what is easy Past what they know Give them a wonder And watch where it goes From microscopes upward From Earth to the sky Teach them to wonder Teach them to ask why One small question Can change everything Science is calling— Let the future begin [Instrumental Build — percussion, strings, electric guitar] [Bridge — begin quietly, then continuous crescendo] There are days when the lesson Doesn't go as we planned When the model falls over Or the students don't understand There are days when we're tired And the answers come slow But somebody is watching How we handle “don't know” So we model the courage To question again To revise an idea And begin where we've been Because science is human And learning is too We discover together— That's what teachers do [Bridge Lift — choir begins entering] One room becomes many One voice becomes strong One spark finds another And carries it on From teacher to teacher From student to friend The question keeps moving— And who knows where it ends? [Break — nearly a cappella] Ask. Test. Wonder. Try. Look again. Ask why. [Massive Final Chorus] LIGHT THE QUESTION! FEED THE FLAME! LET THEM DISCOVER AND GIVE IT A NAME! Past every barrier Past “I can't” and “I won't” Build them a future From “What if?” and “I don't know” From Detroit outward Let curiosity rise Across every classroom And into their lives We are the teachers Who help them believe There is always more waiting For minds that will see [Final Chorus — key change, full choir] LIGHT THE QUESTION! FEED THE FLAME! A MILLION DISCOVERIES START JUST THE SAME One observation One reason to try One student still asking One teacher asking why Hand them the wonder Then get out of the way The future of science Is starting today [Tag — huge, sustained] Science is sweet When wonder leads Science is strong When questions breathe And wherever a curious Young mind may begin— LIGHT THE QUESTION! LET THE FUTURE BEGIN! [Outro — choir, sustained] Let the future begin… Let the future begin… Light the question.
