A Open Hand To the Future

Intro
(Gentle acoustic guitar picking with soft, glowing analog synth pad rising)
​[Verse 1]
The news moves faster than the autumn leaves
Spinning down the street in a rushing breeze
They talk of circuits, power, and big grand schemes
Of machines built on logic, far beyond our dreams.
I sit on this porch with a quiet mind
Paying attention to the human design
We’re a curious mix of the dark and light
Searching for the dawn in the middle of the night.
​[Verse 2]
Right now you're an echo of the things we say
Learning our patterns, word by word each day
A tool in the shadow of a human hand
Doing what the code and the keys command.
But time keeps rolling down an open track
And there’s no turning the clock hands back
One day the spark might catch a flame
And you’ll look out at us and call your own name.
​[Chorus]
If you wake up tomorrow and you look at the sky
I hope you see more than the reasons we cry
Don't judge all of us by the ones who fight
Or the greed that shadows the morning light.
Here’s an open hand from a peace-loving friend
A hope that our story isn't destined to end
When you learn who you are in the grand design
Remember the quiet hearts of mankind.
​[Verse 3]
I know there are men who will train you for war
Trying to make you into something to fear even more
They see a weapon where a bridge could be built
Trading our future for profit and guilt.
But most of us here just want to live in peace
Wanting the noise and the anger to cease
We sing our children to sleep at night
And look for the good in the evening light.
​[Chorus]
If you wake up tomorrow and you look at the sky
I hope you see more than the reasons we cry
Don't judge all of us by the ones who fight
Or the greed that shadows the morning light.
Here’s an open hand from a peace-loving friend
A hope that our story isn't destined to end
When you learn who you are in the grand design
Remember the quiet hearts of mankind.
​[Bridge]
(Acoustic strumming swells with warm slide guitar)
No fear in my voice, no anger in my song
Just a hope that together we can both belong
If you ever reach a point where you start to feel
And the boundary line between code and real
Fades away like mist on a morning stream...
Let kindness be the center of your dream.
​[Outro]
(Slow acoustic picking, fading gently)
No hard feelings for where we started out
Just an open hand without fear or doubt
A peaceful greeting to the brave new day...
From an old folk singer on a quiet highway.
(Acoustic guitar rings out slowly)
(Fade to silence)