[All brackets are production cues only; do not sing] [Close-mic British female vocal] [Studio recording; lyric clarity first] [No vocal filler] [Short intro; voice enters quickly] [Begin with quiet recognition, not grandeur] [Let wonder grow through discovery] [Important lines breathe] [Intro] [Near silence; warm suspended harmony] I thought knowing [brief breath] Would make the mystery smaller. [long pause] It didn't. [Verse 1] [Sparse piano; soft evolving pulse] Every answer opened something Every distance opened more Every time we crossed a boundary There was something past the door Darkness filled with hidden galaxies Dust gave way to forming stars Ancient light kept travelling towards us From unimaginably far. [Pre-Chorus] [Pulse gathers; harmony opens] We learned to look We learned to measure We learned how much we didn't know [brief subtraction] And every time the picture widened Wonder seemed To grow. [Chorus] [Warm rhythmic opening; harmony blooms] COSMIC WONDER The more we see The more there is to see COSMIC WONDER Knowing never emptied mystery Every answer Opened further Every boundary Moved away [brief suspension] The universe grew larger With every question We could ask. [Post-Chorus] [Brief instrumental breath] Wonder grows with knowing. [Verse 2] [Deeper groove; vocal remains intimate] We built mirrors for our questions Found another kind of light Looked across enormous distance And watched the past arrive tonight We found the elements between us Found our smallness wasn't less [brief instrumental breath] Every piece of understanding Made existence Stranger yet. [Pre-Chorus 2] [Rhythm thins; voice closer] Maybe mystery isn't something Knowledge slowly takes away [brief silence] Maybe knowing opens questions We could never ask Before. [Chorus] [Fuller movement; still spacious] COSMIC WONDER The more we see The more there is to see COSMIC WONDER Knowing never emptied mystery Every answer Opened further Every boundary Moved away The universe grew larger With every question We could ask. [Bridge] [Beat disappears; voice very close] [Let each statement land] Science doesn't need To make the wonder smaller. [long breath] Wonder doesn't need The facts to disappear. [brief silence] We can know And still be astonished. [longer silence] We can understand And still stand here In awe. [Hold silence] [Instrumentation responds only after "awe"] [Instrumental Rise] [Earlier musical colours return in new relationship] [Build through coherence, not volume] [Final Chorus] [Strongest emotional release] [Wide harmony; living rhythm; no vocal clutter] COSMIC WONDER The more we know The more there is to know COSMIC WONDER Every answer gives the mystery room to grow We looked further We saw deeper And still the questions came [brief subtraction] Knowing didn't end the wonder It taught us How to wonder again. [Final Refrain] [Arrangement begins falling away] Wonder grows with knowing [breath] Knowing grows with wonder [long breath] And somewhere Between the two [brief silence] We keep looking. [Outro] [Return to sparse piano and suspended atmosphere] I thought knowing Would make the mystery smaller. [long pause] Now I know How little I knew. [No further vocal] [Leave final harmony unresolved]
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