Well. today’s my birthday. I do feel slightly older than I did yesterday.
Song: What Is a Birthday?
[Verse 1]
What is a birthday?
Is it cake and a card?
Is it candles and wishes
Or trying too hard?
Is it just a number
Or a mark on the wall?
Is it time tapping you
Saying, “hey — you’re still here, that’s all”
[Pre-Chorus]
Is it about the past
Or the year ahead?
Is it counting the living
Or counting the dead?
[Chorus – call & response friendly]
What is a birthday? (what is it?)
What is a year? (tell me now)
Is it proof you survived
Or that you’re still curious somehow?
What is a birthday? (say it again)
What does it mean?
It’s a checkpoint in time
Where you notice you’ve been
[Verse 2]
What is a birthday?
A reset? A pause?
A moment the universe
Says, “no applause”
You didn’t win anything
You didn’t fail
You just kept showing up
And that’s the whole tale
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Not a trophy, not a test
Not a prize you receive
It’s a quiet acknowledgment
That you chose to believe
[Chorus – bigger]
What is a birthday? (what is it?)
What is the deal?
It’s a reminder you’re real
And the game’s still real
What is a birthday? (one more spin)
What does it say?
It says: welcome back
You logged in again today
[Bridge – spoken or sparse]
No cake required
No myths to defend
Just a breath, a moment
Before you press “continue” again
[Final Chorus – drop it down or lift it up]
What is a birthday?
It’s not about age
It’s a bookmark in time
On a very strange page
What is a birthday?
Here’s the clue:
It’s the universe asking,
“What will you do?”
[Outro – chant / echo option]
Still here… (still here)
Still playing… (still playing)
Still curious… (still curious)
Okay… let’s continue
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Here comes the Bardo bus! Everyone on board before it pulls away!
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See You At The Top!!!
gorby