The Everything Happening

[INTRO]
[guitar bounce]
[banjo roll]
[trumpet answer]

[VERSE 1]
I stepped on an ant in nineteen eighty-two
Every now and then I still feel blue
Not because the heavens cracked in two
Just because he had a thing or two to do

Had a trail to follow
Had a crumb to haul
Had an ant-sized destiny
Same as us all

[PRE-CHORUS]
Funny what remains
Funny what survives
One small memory
Still buzzing around alive

[CHORUS]
He was a part of
Indeed a part of
The Everything Happening
The spinning and the singing
The breaking and beginning
The Everything Happening

[TRUMPET HOOK]
[bright trumpet melody]

[VERSE 2]
The oak in the acorn
The wave in the sea
The hawk riding circles
The honey in the bee

The dust in the sunlight
The roots underground
The whole wild universe
Making its rounds

[PRE-CHORUS]
Round and around
Round and around
Every little thing
Adds its voice to the sound

[CHORUS]
We're all a part of
Indeed a part of
The Everything Happening
The dancing and becoming
The endless river running
The Everything Happening

[FIDDLE & TRUMPET SOLO]

[VERSE 3]
I was just a boy
With important places to be
Turns out life's mostly
Paying attention and seeing

The miracle hides
In the ordinary view
An ant on a sidewalk
And a sky of blue

[BREAKDOWN]
[bass and guitar only]

Maybe nothing's wasted
Maybe nothing's gone
Maybe every little note
Helps compose the song

[BAND LIFT]

[FINAL CHORUS]
We're all a part of
Indeed a part of
The Everything Happening
The laughter and the grieving
The doubting and believing
The Everything Happening

We're all a part of
Indeed a part of
The Everything Happening
The beauty beating breath
The life outrunning death
The Everything Happening

[OUTRO]
[trumpet soaring]
[gang vocals]

Beauty beating breath
Beauty beating breath
Every living thing
Borrowing forever for a step

Beauty beating breath
Beauty beating breath
Dust dancing in the sunlight
Learning how to live

[FINAL TAG]
[band drops out]

I stepped on an ant
In nineteen eighty-two...

[pause]

And somehow...

We're both still here.

[soft trumpet benediction]

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[TITLE: The Everything Happening] [ARTIST: Earthling] [GENRE: Psychedelic Bluegrass • Mutant Americana • Cosmic Folk Revival] [STYLE: John Prine storytelling × Billy Strings momentum × The Band warmth × New Orleans horn flourishes × Earthling witness poetry] [TEMPO: 104 BPM] [KEY: G Major] [TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4] [MOOD: Playful • Wonderstruck • Reflective • Joyful • Alive] [VOCALS: Weathered baritone storyteller with grin-in-the-voice delivery] [INSTRUMENTS: Driving acoustic guitar, banjo rolls, upright bass, fiddle, mandolin chop, brushed snare, trumpet responses, harmonica, gang-vocal chorus] [PRODUCTION: Starts conversational, builds into toe-tapping communal celebration, ends in breath and beauty] [INTRO] [guitar bounce] [banjo roll] [trumpet answer] [VERSE 1] I stepped on an ant in nineteen eighty-two Every now and then I still feel blue Not because the heavens cracked in two Just because he had a thing or two to do Had a trail to follow Had a crumb to haul Had an ant-sized destiny Same as us all [PRE-CHORUS] Funny what remains Funny what survives One small memory Still buzzing around alive [CHORUS] He was a part of Indeed a part of The Everything Happening The spinning and the singing The breaking and beginning The Everything Happening [TRUMPET HOOK] [bright trumpet melody] [VERSE 2] The oak in the acorn The wave in the sea The hawk riding circles The honey in the bee The dust in the sunlight The roots underground The whole wild universe Making its rounds [PRE-CHORUS] Round and around Round and around Every little thing Adds its voice to the sound [CHORUS] We're all a part of Indeed a part of The Everything Happening The dancing and becoming The endless river running The Everything Happening [FIDDLE & TRUMPET SOLO] [VERSE 3] I was just a boy With important places to be Turns out life's mostly Paying attention and seeing The miracle hides In the ordinary view An ant on a sidewalk And a sky of blue [BREAKDOWN] [bass and guitar only] Maybe nothing's wasted Maybe nothing's gone Maybe every little note Helps compose the song [BAND LIFT] [FINAL CHORUS] We're all a part of Indeed a part of The Everything Happening The laughter and the grieving The doubting and believing The Everything Happening We're all a part of Indeed a part of The Everything Happening The beauty beating breath The life outrunning death The Everything Happening [OUTRO] [trumpet soaring] [gang vocals] Beauty beating breath Beauty beating breath Every living thing Borrowing forever for a step Beauty beating breath Beauty beating breath Dust dancing in the sunlight Learning how to live [FINAL TAG] [band drops out] I stepped on an ant In nineteen eighty-two... [pause] And somehow... We're both still here. [soft trumpet benediction]

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