From the recording ORKESTRAZZ XVI
Lyrics
A World Without Music
[Verse]
A world without music, can you even conceive?
No notes to weave, no songs to believe.
Forests would hush, their whispers denied,
Even the rivers would forget how to glide.
[Chorus]
No melody to bind us, no rhythm to steer,
A world without music—oh, the silence we'd fear.
No common refrain, no shared lullabies,
Just an echo of longing in the soundless skies.
[Verse 2]
The streets would grow empty, no gatherings near,
No dances, no laughter, no joy to appear.
Commonality shattered, our language dissolved,
Without harmony, how could problems be solved?
[Bridge]
Imagine the stars without their nightly song,
Or hearts without beats to carry us along.
What’s a life without crescendos or a gentle refrain?
A barren, sterile desert with no chance of rain.
[Chorus]
No melody to bind us, no rhythm to steer,
A world without music—oh, the silence we'd fear.
No common refrain, no shared lullabies,
Just an echo of longing in the soundless skies.
[Outro]
But as long as there’s breath, as long as we dream,
Music will rise like a shimmering stream.
For silence may threaten, but it cannot confine,
The song in our souls, eternal, divine.
David Rose