Currency Is Current, Not Deposit

[Intro – Celtic fiddle, distant river, ticking synth] Tick, tick, tally the rain Count the coins, forget the grain Round and round the numbers go Tell me what the rivers know Hey! Ho! Let it flow! [Verse 1 – Manouche guitar, playful jazz vocal] They built a tower out of debt And called it something to protect They measured every drop of gold But never asked who's getting cold A hundred hands could make the bread A thousand books could fill the head But if the numbers don't agree They call abundance poverty [Pre-Chorus – Bodhran rolls, rising acid bass] Oh, the ledger says we're falling While the fields are overflowing Can you hear the old world calling? Keep the money moving! [Chorus – Full progressive techno, Celtic fiddle hook] Currency is current, not deposit! Let the river run, don't lock it in a closet! Money is a measure, not the meaning Life is in the living, not the counting! Hey! Ho! Round we go! Who owns the rain? Who owns the flow? Hey! Ho! Let it show! Wealth is what the world can grow! [Instrumental – Gypsy jazz guitar and fiddle trading solos] [Verse 2 – Syncopated techno swing, clarinet accents] Machines are working through the night The factory windows burning bright A million things for half the price And still they ask who'll pay the price The workers leave, the profits climb They tax the loss of working time But if the cost of living falls Why build another prison wall? [Pre-Chorus – Rising polyrhythmic synth] Count the income, count the spending Count the things we're still defending But the world is rearranging Can't you feel the current changing? [Chorus – Layered vocals, louder fiddle] Currency is current, not deposit! Let the river run, don't lock it in a closet! Money is a measure, not the meaning Life is in the living, not the counting! Hey! Ho! Round we go! Who owns the rain? Who owns the flow? Hey! Ho! Let it show! Wealth is what the world can grow! [Bridge – Half-time, solo fiddle, soft acoustic guitar] If the water runs for everyone Do we need to sell the sun? If the harvest fills the land Why must hunger pay the hand? Not every stone can turn to bread Not every river can be shared But when there's plenty to provide Why keep the gates so high? [Instrumental Break – 7/8 Celtic fiddle over 4/4 techno] [Extended Progressive Solo – Acid synth, gypsy guitar, uilleann pipes] [Final Chorus – Euphoric, full ensemble, folk chants] Currency is current, not deposit! Let the river run, don't lock it in a closet! Money is a measure, not the meaning Life is in the living, not the counting! No need to worship what we made No need to keep the old parade If we can give, if we can grow Then let the living current flow! Hey! Ho! Round we go! Less to buy and more to know! Hey! Ho! Let it show! Not what we own— But what we grow! [Outro – Fiddle dissolves into analog arpeggios] Count the coins Count the rain One can flow One can chain Currency is current... Not deposit... Let it flow. [End]