Alright.
This next chapter is sight before sound — responsibility without panic.
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The Watchman on the Wall
Subtitle: seeing before warning
Tempo: 74 BPM (alert, steady)
Key: D minor → resolves to F major
Style: sacred cinematic / vigilant restraint
Core Instruments:
• Piano – measured time, vigilance
• Violin – sightline, distance, discernment
• Low strings – approaching threat
• Soft pulse – heartbeat of duty
• Air pad – moral weight, presence
(Inspired by Book of Ezekiel 33)
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Intro (8 bars — horizon scan)
• Piano taps a repeating, clock-like figure
• Violin enters with a long, searching note
• Low strings barely audible
(Nothing has arrived yet. That matters.)
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Verse 1
I didn’t choose the height
I was placed up here
To watch what’s coming
Before it’s near
The city sleeps
The wall stays cold
Some call this waiting
I call it owed
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Pre-Chorus
I don’t sound the horn
For every fear
I learn the difference
Between noise and near
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Chorus
I see it first
So I can stand
Not every shadow
Needs my hand
If danger moves
I won’t delay
But wisdom waits
Until it’s day
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Instrumental Turn (4 bars)
• Violin tightens into a focused pattern
• Piano holds, no tempo change
(Discernment sharpens.)
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Verse 2
If I stay silent
When truth is clear
The weight falls here
Not there
But if I shout
Before I know
I turn the city
Into echo
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Pre-Chorus
Responsibility
Isn’t fear
It’s loving enough
To stay sincere
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Chorus
I see it first
So others sleep
I hold the line
I keep the deep
I won’t alarm
I won’t delay
I’ll speak once
And clear the way
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Bridge (everything pulls back)
If I warn
I free my soul
If I hide
I lose control
The horn is heavy
In steady hands
Truth needs timing
To understand
(Violin ascends slowly — clarity without urgency)
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Final Chorus (key lift to F major)
I saw it first
And spoke in time
The wall stood strong
Because the line
Was drawn with care
Not noise or fear
One clear signal
Let the city hear
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Outro
• Violin resolves upward
• Piano lands a calm major chord
• Silence — the watch continues
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