“Longevity Escape Velocity” | A Song About Choosing Time Over Tradition

[Intro - distant, atmospheric] Born after two thousand Right at the turning point [Verse 1 - intimate] Maybe we’re the first Who won’t have to fade Maybe aging bends Maybe aging breaks Every extra year Gives us something more One more chance to see What no one saw before They say “You’ll get tired” They say “You’ll want out” But minds can evolve too That’s what change is about [Pre-Chorus - rising] I don’t think they understand How much life would change If death from aging disappeared And we escaped the frame [Chorus - massive] I’m not having children I’m choosing time I’m not choosing one love For all my life If we live for centuries Everything changes Every old idea Breaks out of its cages Longevity Escape velocity That future keeps calling me I want to see What humanity becomes Not just what it was [Verse 2 - building] Why choose forever At twenty-three? I might be someone else At two hundred and three Maybe love changes Maybe we do too Maybe long futures Need long ways to move Maybe sacrifice Is the hidden cost Of reaching a future We almost lost [Pre-Chorus - stronger] They say “The world can’t hold us” Maybe they are wrong We’ve solved impossible things Again and again so long They say “You’ll want the ending” But maybe that’s not true Maybe the human mind Can keep becoming new [Chorus - bigger] I’m not having children I’m choosing time I’m not choosing one love For all my life If we live for centuries Everything changes Every old idea Breaks out of its cages Longevity Escape velocity That future keeps calling me I want to see What humanity becomes Not just what it was [Bridge - stripped down] No one knows If we’ll get there No one knows If it can last But this is the first time In human history Where forever Doesn’t sound impossible [Final Chorus - soaring] I’m not having children I’m choosing time I’m not choosing one love For all my life If we live for centuries Everything changes Nothing stays locked In the shape that it came in Longevity Escape velocity That future keeps calling me I want to see Worlds no one has seen I want to know What humanity means