Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Clover Gate Silence Centered Call Song with the Balance Trail Card
The part everyone joins: “Listen, measure, move.” The phrase is assembled backward first—move, measure, listen—then gains its final meaning after the obstacle is measured.
Lyrics
Card-Sound Opening
Click—lean—click.
The balance card speaks before anyone does.
Spencer studies the blue edge bending.
Brandon checks where the gold line ends.
Kaydence watches through round glasses.
Lillian waits until the card settles.
The practiced route points toward berry landing,
but berry landing stays hidden from view.
A damp seam lifts by one small angle;
the old balance will not hold true.
Reverse Call
Leader: What comes last?
Group: Move.
Leader: What comes before it?
Group: Measure.
Leader: What begins the work?
Group: Listen.
All: Move, measure, listen—built from the end.
Now turn it forward and try it again.
A low root ridge crosses the safer side.
One route clears it; one route feels tight.
Spencer says, “Move it.” Brandon says, “Wait.”
Kaydence sees the ridge can measure the gate.
Lillian lays one hand-width beside it,
then another where the clear path runs.
The obstacle stays; the measure travels.
The work has changed before it has begun.
Irreversible Turn
All, forward: Listen, measure, move.
The words no longer mean the practiced route.
Listen for space. Measure the ridge.
Move the plan—not the root beneath it.
Back at clover gate, the card rests folded.
Spencer holds wood at the outer curve.
Brandon steadies one metal ring.
Kaydence folds cloth where the border turns.
Lillian keeps one measured lane open.
No one strikes a starting chord.
One leaf brushes cloth in barely moving air;
one drop slips from metal to wood.
Silence-Centered Harmony
Wood answers low.
Metal answers clear.
Cloth carries leaf-sound.
Silence keeps the lane we hear.
No indoor room can remake those four conditions.
The harmony fades when the weather changes position.
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary Songs, ages 8–12
Theme: Helping Hands — making safety observable instead of assumed.
Energy: Spacious, investigative, and quietly rhythmic; card clicks and held breath open into a weather-led outdoor texture.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Participation: Reverse phrase assembly, hand-width measuring, silent counts, optional humming, and environmental listening.
Ways to Join In
- Assemble “move, measure, listen” backward, then reverse it to “listen, measure, move.”
- Measure with open hand-widths instead of moving the obstacle.
- Perform the final material parts softly; silence remains an equal part.
- Do not imitate the harmony indoors during the ending.