Song Title: A Child's Happiness

(Verse 1) Passing through the bottleneck, upon a foundation of 99.9 percent At the edge of memory, flickering afterimages—micro-particles of genetic sequences An old wooden veranda, the angle of the sunlight A distant, faint fluctuation—that mere 0.1 percent— Bursts forth as the laughter of childhood days (Verse 2) Cellular boundaries, the imprint of self-identity (HLA) Mud-stained knees in the space between rejection and acceptance Hands embracing the uncertain wind (contingency) A switch clicks; genes are modified (epigenetics) The one-of-a-kind *qualia* that bloomed on that day (Chorus) Ah, in the forest of slack where time stretches and contracts The child stood a head taller, acting out the cosmos Unleashing the storm outside, breaking free from the frames of perception Simply immersing oneself in the "here and now"—that is the unblemished happiness of life (Verse 3) Memory is a synapse of reconstruction, floating amidst waves of plasticity Forgetting the tunnel of time, dissolving into the red of the sunset Though all belonged to the same family Each was weaving a unique antibody—a unique heart (Outro) That vertical moment of the past, nearly forgotten Quietly glowing deep within aged eyes The children's leap (prospect) A small yet immense light that cancels out the irrationality of the world