BEFORE WE NAME ANOTHER MIND [Verse 1] They found another room inside the brain, Another little kingdom with a name, They measure every spark behind the eyes, And draw new constellations in the mind. One day they'll find intelligence in bones, In fingertips, in blood, in chromosomes, A valley made of myelin and light, Silicon rivers running through the night. [Pre-Chorus] But tell me, while we're mapping every thought, Have we forgotten something can't be taught? [Chorus] Before we name another mind, Teach us how to still be kind. Before we build a brighter brain, Teach us how to feel another's pain. We can number every star, Send machines impossibly far— But what good is knowing everything If we forget what human means? [Verse 2] We calculate the universe with grace, Then read our destiny in planets' place, We split the atom, photograph a star, Then wound each other just to prove who we are. We praise ourselves for being civilized, While ancient beasts still wander through our eyes. Perhaps the greatest mystery we'll find Is not intelligence— But why we're sometimes blind. [Pre-Chorus] So keep your charts and give each gift a name, But wisdom and intelligence aren't the same. [Chorus] Before we name another mind, Teach us how to still be kind. Before we build a brighter brain, Teach us how to feel another's pain. We can number every star, Send machines impossibly far— But what good is knowing everything If we forget what human means? [Bridge] Make me a red cell for one night, Let me sail those rivers out of sight, Through every artery, every neural line, With a programmer's map and a poet's mind. I'd find the circuits hardened into stone, The ones that whisper, "Only you alone." I'd write one simple code where hatred grew: SEE THE OTHER. THE OTHER IS YOU. [Break — quiet] No higher IQ. No grand design. Just one small revolution Inside the human mind. [Final Chorus] Then name a thousand kinds of mind, Search until the end of time, Build your cities out of light, Teach the silicon to dream at night. Measure every thought we bring, Give a name to everything— But let the first intelligence be this: To know another human hurts… and care that they exist. [Outro] Before we name another mind… Let us remember how to be human.
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