Human Rate of Change

[Intro: Reprise of ticking percussion]
Monday I learned a language
Tuesday it changed its name
And somewhere in the madness
I forgot why I began

[Verse 1]
I was chasing every answer
Every breakthrough, every trend
Trying to reach a destination
That would never have an end

I built things that helped some people
Taught a few to find their way
But I measured every victory
By what I hadn't done that day

[Pre-Chorus: Warm rising harmonies]
The world will keep evolving
And I still want to see

[Chorus: Triumphant melodic syncopation]
I can be ahead of yesterday
At a human rate of change
I can love the world's momentum
Without matching every day
I will miss a few inventions
I will let some chances go
I'm more than what I'm making
I'm more than what I know

[Verse 2]
There are futures worth creating
There are people worth my time
There are questions worth exploring
Without answering them all tonight

[Bridge: Three voices unite]
(Keep learning)
(Keep building)
(Keep caring)
(Keep living)

[Final Chorus: Full symphonic ensemble]
I can be ahead of yesterday
Without fearing what's ahead
I can take my pride in progress
Without working past the end
Let tomorrow bring its wonders
Let the universe rearrange
I will meet it with ambition
At a human rate of change

[Outro: Toy piano, soft baritone]
I still want to know what's next.
It doesn't have to be tonight.