LYRICS [Intro – spoken or gentle vocal over ambient strings] Someday the body’s quiet engine will rest, And the equations will keep turning on. Nothing is lost in the theater of matter— Energy shifts, but the dance goes on. [Verse 1] Atoms are laughing in spirals of light, Electrons humming their circular song. Patterns awaken for one fleeting lifetime, Then change their costumes and travel along. [Pre-Chorus] Thought is a spark in a lattice of stars, Chemistry dreaming inside of the brain. Yet somewhere deeper the witness is watching, Riding the currents of matter and flame. [Chorus] Life is a pattern, a bright little flame, Matter arranged for a moment to see. Death may be only a doorway of changing, A turning of form in eternity’s sea. Maybe we scatter to fields of creation, Maybe we rise into bodies more bright. Atoms keep dancing in cosmic amusement— Nothing is lost in the physics of light. [Instrumental – dancing particles, wordless choir, 8 bars] [Verse 2] Galaxies turning like thoughts in the dark, Time writing spirals through space and decay. Every observer a ripple of wonder, Briefly aware of the play. But what if the pattern remembers itself? What if awareness can grow through the years? Matter evolving toward luminous presence, Life learning slowly to outgrow its fears. [Chorus] Life is a pattern, a radiant flame, Matter arranged so the universe sees. Death might be only a change of direction, A wave returning again to the seas. Some may dissolve in the laughter of atoms, Some may awaken in brighter array. Forms may be shed like a coat in the evening— Yet consciousness still finds a way. [Bridge] Particles whirl in a carnival spin, Stars rearrange every moment in flight. Whether we vanish or bloom into something, The cosmos keeps writing our light. [Final Chorus] Life is a pattern, a temporary star, Matter and mind in a luminous play. Maybe we merge with the music of heaven, Maybe we learn how to stay. Atoms are jesters in infinite motion, Laughing through matter and time’s grand display. And somewhere inside this improbable story, Awareness is learning to stay.