Everybody Dance
# EVERYBODY KNEW NINE ### by Lucid **[Intro — handclaps, bells, happy voices]** One, two, three— Keep going! Four, five, six— Keep flowing! Seven, eight— Wait for the sign— Everybody dance when you get to NINE! **[Verse 1 — Greece]** Nine Muses dancing on the mountain, Nine bright streams from the inspiration fountain, Clio keeps the stories, Erato sings of love, Calliope is calling To the poets from above. They didn't need a textbook, They didn't need a name, They listened for the differences In every creative flame. **[Chorus]** Nine ways to sing, Nine ways to shine, Nine ways consciousness Draws its design. Different drums, Different rhymes, Different people, Different times. Maybe every culture Caught a little sign— **There are many ways to be divine!** Hey! Everybody dance when you get to NINE! **[Verse 2 — Egypt]** Down beside the Nile Where the old gods grew, The Great Ennead gathered— And there were nine there too. Sky and earth and air and water, Birth and change and endless sun, Different faces of creation, Still creation moving as one. **[Verse 3 — Northern Europe]** Way up north by Yggdrasil, Listen to the old tales tell: Nine great worlds around the tree, Different realms of mystery. Roots below and stars above, Giants, humans, gods and love, Many worlds but one great tree— Sounds a little familiar to me! **[Chorus]** Nine ways to heal, Nine ways to know, Nine ways consciousness Chooses where to go. Builder, dreamer, Teacher, friend, Change the world And start again. Different names From different times— Everybody dance when you get to NINE! **[Bridge — around the world]** Ancient temples, Songs and stories, Sacred numbers, Different glories. Nobody had to get it right, Nobody owned the cosmic light. Maybe humans always knew Consciousness has different hues. Not one road. Not one mind. Not one way For humankind. **[Breakdown — call and response]** WHO TEACHES? **SUMAFI!** WHO CREATES? **SUMARI!** WHO HEALS? **TUMOLD!** WHO BUILDS? **GRAMADA!** WHO CHANGES THINGS? **VOLD!** WHO KNOWS WITHIN? **MILUMET!** WHO LOVES THE BODY? **ZULI!** WHO NURTURES LIFE? **BORLEDIM!** WHO CARRIES THE MESSAGE? **ILDA!** How many currents? **NINE!** How many consciousnesses? **ONE!** **[Final Chorus — huge joyful choir]** Nine ways to laugh, Nine ways to shine, Nine little windows On a much bigger mind. Greece had Muses, Egypt had nine, Norse worlds hung On a great world-vine. Different stories, Different signs, Humans keep discovering Patterns through time. Maybe they weren't counting The very same thing— Maybe they were hearing Different notes... **FROM THE SAME GREAT STRING!** One, two, three! Four, five, six! Seven, eight— Here it comes— **NINE!** Nine ways consciousness Falls in love with being alive. **[Outro]** No boxes. No borders. No cosmic dividing line. Just different ways The universe says: **“THIS is how I shine.”** This is Lucid. And everybody dance when you get to nine. boom chicka boom chicka boom boom boom! boom chicka boom chicka boom boom boom!
