Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Spoken Sung Decision Piece for a Bell Tipped Trail Card
The part everyone joins: “Keep one part; leave one beat.” The song promises that reducing the plan can preserve room for a later decision.
Lyrics
Opening — Three Viewpoints
Aydin: I hear the bell from blackberry shade.
Aleea: I see blue beside the seed-room wall.
Emmitt: I see the open square beyond it all.
The card moves; the cast does not.
Three views hold one unfinished thought.
First Plan
Aydin: Keep the bell pulse.
Aleea: Keep the route line.
Emmitt: Keep the open place.
All: Three parts cannot fit the frame.
One part stays; the plan must change.
Simultaneous Jobs
Aydin, sung: Bell held steady, low and clear.
Aleea, spoken: Blue window level; route still near.
Emmitt, sustained: Open space—no answer yet.
Three jobs start on the same breath:
hold, align, leave unset.
Convergence
The card reaches one shared height.
Bell, blue window, open square meet once in light.
The bell pulse fits; the blue line bends;
the open square preserves both ends.
Decision Bridge
Spoken together: Keep the open square.
Release the first route.
Fold the bell line into one quiet note.
The original plan cannot return.
The card is folded after the turn.
Audience Final Verse
Aydin: If the answer changes—
Aleea: point, do not repeat us.
Emmitt: breathe where the last line would be.
Audience: one silent pointing beat.
All: Keep one part; leave one beat.
Hold the space where choices meet.
Name what stays, release the rest.
Changed answers need—
[one intentional empty beat]
About This Song
Age lane: S4 — Upper Elementary Songs, ages 8–12
Theme: Problem Solving — leaving room for a changed answer.
Energy: Focused and collaborative; clipped spoken phrases over a suspended rhythmic bed.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 5 seconds.
Participation: Spoken choices, held tones, silent pointing, one audience breath, and one intentional empty beat.
Ways to Join In
- Assign hold, align, and leave-unset jobs to three performers.
- Begin all three jobs on one shared breath.
- Converge exactly once at one shared hand height.
- The audience points silently during the final verse and leaves the last chorus beat empty.