THE BRAID OF LOVE

[Epic Braided Dub Choir]

[BASS CHOIR]
Love braids us out of stardust…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Out of stardust… out of stardust…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Thread by thread… heart by heart…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love made the braid!

[BASS CHOIR]
The stars made the dust…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
The stars made carbon!
The stars made us!

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
But love made the braid…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love made the braid!

[BASS CHOIR – G32 DEEP LEAD]
Dear Ones…
hear me now…
Before the braid was ornament
It was motion…
Pull…
Shake…
Weave…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Pull… shake… weave…
Pull… shake… weave…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Motion into beauty…
Motion into form…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love is the motion
That turns dust into relation!

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Helium burning in the belly of stars
Three alpha particles becoming one

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Carbon door… carbon door…
Matter learns to gather…

[BASS CHOIR]
Triple-alpha thunder in the furnace of time

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Stars weave the carbon
Love makes the braid!
Love makes the braid!

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
One strand memory…
One strand body…
One strand breath…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
One strand longing…
One strand mercy…
One strand sky…

[BASS CHOIR]
One strand ancestor…
One strand Earth…
One strand root…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Many strands!
One current!
Many strands!
One current!
Many strands!
One current!
That is the braid!

[BASS CHOIR]
Love does not flatten…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Love does not flatten…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Love does not flatten…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
LOVE BRAIDS!

[BASS CHOIR]
Empire cuts…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Power fragments…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Fear divides…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love makes the braid!

[BASS CHOIR]
What power tries to erase…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
The braid remembers…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
What violence tears apart…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love braids us back together!

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
The braid is not ornament…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
The braid is memory made durable…

[BASS CHOIR]
The braid is beauty that refuses erasure…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
The braid remembers!
The braid is love!
The braid remembers!

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Braided poetry…
Braided people…
Braided nations…
Braided futures…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Braided rivers…
Braided roots…
Braided voices…
Braided skies…

[BASS CHOIR]
Braided body…
Braided blood…
Braided breath…
Braided bones…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Braided story!
Braided song!
Braided world!
We belong!

[BASS CHOIR – G32 LEAD]
You are not random dust…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Not random dust…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Not random dust…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
WE ARE DUST IN RELATION!

[BASS CHOIR]
The stars forged your elements…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Love gathered the fragments…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Love gave the pattern…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love gave the pattern!
Love gave the braid!

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Mind… body… spirit…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Past… present… future…

[BASS CHOIR]
Earth… ancestor… child…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
BRAID THEM!
BRAID THEM IN LOVE!

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Not a merger—

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
A covenant—

[BASS CHOIR]
Not erasure—

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
BELOVED COMMUNITY!

[BASS CHOIR]
Strength through relation…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Tenderness engineered for endurance…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Beauty woven strong enough to carry the world…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Love weaves us together
in cosmic braids

[SOPRANO CHOIR – RISING]
Hydrogen to helium…
Helium to carbon…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Carbon to body…
Body to memory…

[BASS CHOIR]
Memory to song…
Song to shared breath…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
Shared breath to LOVE!
This love is for you!
This love is brave!

[BASS CHOIR]
The universe is braided…

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
The universe is braided…

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
The universe is braided…

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
AND SO ARE WE!

[BASS CHOIR – FINAL CALL]
Who made the dust?

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
The stars made the dust!

[BASS CHOIR]
Who made the braid?

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
LOVE MADE THE BRAID!

[BASS CHOIR]
What does love do?

[SOPRANO CHOIR]
Love remembers!

[TENOR / ALTO CHOIR]
Love gathers!

[BASS CHOIR]
Love strengthens!

[ALL THREE CHOIRS]
LOVE BRAIDS US!

[ALL THREE CHOIRS – MASTER HOOK / EXTENDED OUTRO]
Love braids us out of stardust
Love braids us out of stardust

Stars made the dust
Love made the braid
Stars made the dust
Love made the braid

Many strands
One current
Many strands
One braid

Love braids us out of stardust…

LOVE MAKES THE BRAID!
LOVE MAKES THE BRAID!
LOVE MAKES THE BRAID!