Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Hinged Listening Cone
Song promise: Leadership can move from voice to voice, and the quietest clue can shape the group without taking anyone else’s part.
The part everyone joins: “Low rim, high rim, open in between.”
Lyrics
Spencer:
From above lantern porch, I take the low bend.
Aralynn:
I choose the bright path where blackberry leaves end.
Aydin:
I follow the middle where the two sounds meet.
Zylar:
I listen for the space no one named beneath.
Aralynn:
Who starts the next line?
Aydin:
Whoever hears the turn.
Spencer:
Who carries the question?
Zylar:
Whoever has a clue to share.
All:
Low rim, high rim,
open in between.
Pass the first line onward;
no fixed leader needs the scene.
Spencer:
I hold the low rim steady.
Aralynn:
I hold the high rim clear.
Aydin:
I turn the cone toward both paths,
but only one sound reaches here.
Zylar, softly:
The center hinge is closed.
Open space is what we need.
Three Jobs Converge
Spencer:
Low rim—hold.
Aralynn:
High rim—hold.
Aydin:
Center hinge—open.
All:
Three jobs meet once;
Zylar names when all are ready.
Zylar:
Gold leaf-light crosses the open hinge.
Spencer:
One shadow line joins another.
Aralynn:
The shapes settle across the pale cloth.
Aydin:
The readable word is OPEN.
Final Verse — Barn Loft Pulley
All:
We follow the cone to barn loft pulley.
No voice takes every turn.
The new job did not exist before;
the quiet clue helped us learn.
All:
Low rim, high rim,
open in between.
Zylar is the Open-Hinge Keeper—
a role the song had never seen.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8. The premise requires separate route tracking, leaderless verse ownership, three-job coordination, quiet-clue interpretation, readable-shadow inference, and a new role that survives the ending. S2 would flatten the role and verse-chain logic; S4 would add unnecessary verbal density.
Theme: Belonging — helping without taking control.
Energy: Airy leaderless relay with one precise convergence and a calm held finish.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Choice-led verse handoffs, three simultaneous jobs, open-hinge cue, shadow-word reveal, and new-role transfer.
Ways to Join In
- Let a different singer start each verse-chain question; no fixed leader is assigned.
- Perform low-rim hold, high-rim hold, and center-hinge opening simultaneously on one held beat.
- Keep Zylar’s clue soft but clearly timed before the convergence.
- Hold the final role tile beside the readable OPEN shadow through the cutoff.