[BOOT — STOMP STOMP] [UPRIGHT BASS SLIDE] [RESONATOR GUITAR — TWANG] [SHAMISEN ANSWERS] [SUB DROPS] [FEAR] We got a problem. [CONTROL] The Starseed? [FEAR] ...no. The students. [STOMP] [STUDENT 1 — VERSE] Packed light, Left before the sunrise. Old boots, New road, Questions in my eyes. Teacher never told me Which direction I should take. Said— "Learn enough to know Which road is yours to make." So I went west With a notebook And a tank half-full. Didn't know the answers. Didn't need to. That was never The fucking rule. [GROUP — CHORUS] GO FIND YOUR ROAD! [STOMP STOMP] Learn what you love, Build what you know! [STOMP STOMP] You don't gotta be me— Hell no. Take what I taught you And make it your own. Some teach. Some build. Some sing. Some grow. You can't stop people Who learned HOW TO GO. [SLIDE GUITAR / SHAMISEN] [FEAR] Found one. [CONTROL] Good. Handle it. [FEAR] You don't know What you're doing. [STUDENT 2] Correct. [FEAR] ...what? [STUDENT 2] That's why I'm learning. [UPRIGHT BASS — WHUM] [FEAR] Fuck. [STUDENT 2 — VERSE] I ain't building What they built. I don't want What they want. I learned welding. She learned coding. He makes music. They grow crops. One went teaching. One went nursing. One designs What ain't been made. One finally looked At somebody else's dream And said— That's beautiful. But it ain't Mine to chase. [GROUP] THAT'S THE POINT! [CHORUS] GO FIND YOUR ROAD! Learn what you love, Build what you know! You don't gotta be me— Hell no. Take what I taught you And make it your own. Some teach. Some build. Some heal. Some grow. You can't own people Who learned HOW TO GO. [CONTROL ROOM] [WORRY] I'll take the next one. [WORRY] What if it doesn't work? [STUDENT 3] Then I'll learn. [WORRY] What if you lose? [STUDENT 3] Then I'll know. [WORRY] What if you choose The wrong damn road? [STUDENT 3] Then I'll turn. [WORRY] But what if— [STUDENT 3] You got another one? [WORRY] ...fuck. [STOMP] [ANXIETY] Move. I got this. [ANXIETY — FAST] What-if-you're-wrong What-if-you-fall What-if-you-never Become-anything-at-all— [STUDENT 4] Slow down. [ANXIETY] What? [STUDENT 4] One at a time. [BEAT CUT] [ANXIETY] ...fuck. [CONTROL] What did they Teach these people? [SHADOW] Nothing. [CONTROL] Bullshit. [SHADOW] That's why You're losing. [CONTROL] Explain. [SHADOW] They taught them How to learn. [LOW ERHU] [COSMIC — SHORT VERSE] I don't need A thousand copies Walking like me Down the road. Don't need anybody Carrying What was mine to hold. If I taught you How to question— Question me. If I showed you How to build— Build differently. If you find A better answer— Good. Come teach it Back to me. [MASTER VOICE] Again. [COSMIC] Always. [CHORUS — BIGGER] GO FIND YOUR ROAD! [STOMP STOMP] Learn what you love, Build what you know! [STOMP STOMP] Don't become the teacher— BECOME YOURSELF. Then take what you learned And teach somebody else. Some teach! Some build! Some heal! Some grow! Some invent something Nobody knows! Different roads. Different souls. Same little spark— LEARN HOW TO WALK WHEN IT GETS DARK. [INSTRUMENTS DROP OUT] [CONTROL] Enough. Take out the teacher. [Silence] [FEAR] Boss... [CONTROL] What? [FEAR] Which one? [CONTROL] The Starseed. [FEAR] That's what I'm trying to tell you. [CONTROL] Then tell me. [FEAR] It doesn't matter anymore. [Silence] [CONTROL] What do you mean? [NO COSMIC VOICE] [STUDENT 1 — DISTANT] Learn. [4-NOTE MOTIF — RESONATOR GUITAR] [STUDENT 2] Test. [4-NOTE MOTIF — SHAMISEN] [STUDENT 3] Build. [4-NOTE MOTIF — UPRIGHT BASS] [STUDENT 4] Teach. [4-NOTE MOTIF — PIANO] [MANY VOICES] REACH. [TAIKO + STOMPS] [CONTROL] Where is the teacher?! [STUDENT 1] Teaching. [CONTROL] WHERE? [STUDENT 2] Everywhere. [FULL BAND EXPLODES] [FINAL CHORUS] GO FIND YOUR ROAD! Learn what you love! Build what you know! Nobody here Needs permission to grow! Some teach! Some build! Some write! Some roam! Some find the thing That finally feels like home! You can scare one. You can slow one. You can close one door. But teach one person How to learn— Now you've got A thousand more! [COUNTRY-BLUES GUITAR SOLO] [SHAMISEN TAKES THE SAME MOTIF] [ERHU TAKES IT] [UPRIGHT TAKES IT] [VOICES HUM IT] [CONTROL] How many? [FEAR] I don't know. [CONTROL] Find out. [FEAR] That's the problem. [CONTROL] What problem? [FEAR] Every time I find one... [STOMP] They're teaching Another one. [Silence] [CONTROL] Fuck. [SHADOW — almost laughing] Yeah. [CONTROL] Then the game's Already over. [SHADOW] Now you're learning. [BOOT — STOMP STOMP] [DISTANT STUDENT] Again? [ANOTHER STUDENT] Again. [RESONATOR — 4 NOTES] [SHAMISEN ANSWERS] [END]
