[shakers build — log drum drops — sunny guitar picks up] VOICE 1 (easy, warm, riding the groove): cleared the field and spread the word no stage up, no spotlight heard just drums where the loops used to be and everybody moving, nobody to see [percussion opens — the groove warms] VOICE 2 (communal chant hook): ehh — everybody eats tonight ehh — everybody's in the light ehh — nobody's watching, all are moving ehh — the gathering is the proving VOICE 1 (sparser, smiling): the emptied one don't broadcast here the dance says what the mouth won't clear shoulders loose, the kettle's done the colony laughs in the afternoon sun no performance, no costume thread just rhythm running through the cleared the stage was never really real — the floor was always the whole deal VOICE 2 (chant, fuller, everybody): ehh — everybody eats tonight ehh — everybody's in the light ehh — nobody's watching, all are moving ehh — the gathering is the proving [guitar licks — log drum rides — shakers swell] VOICE 3 (spoken, dry, warm — over the fade): No stage. No singer. No audience. And somehow the loudest broadcast of all — because everybody was the frequency. Clean node. Pass the plate. The floor was always the whole deal.
