The Horse That Danced When You Died (Sitting Bull)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your eyes hold the circle whole—
that horse beneath you spinning, stamping,
hooves drumming earth into prophecy.
The vision came when you stood still enough
to let your mirror neurons fire
in synchrony with every creature watching,
their fear becoming yours, their hope
a current you could ride.

[Chorus]
You are the still point in the turning wheel,
the one who saw what others couldn't feel,
your body read the room before your mind,
theta waves aligned, the future intertwined—
you held us steady when the world went wild,
you held us steady, held us steady, child.

[Verse 2]
Your hands remember how to wait.
Synaptic plasticity rebuilt your brain
each time you chose to stand instead of run,
axonal branches stretching toward restraint.
The dance was never movement—
it was cortical remapping of the spine,
learning through proprioception
where the people ended and you began.

[Chorus]
You are the still point in the turning wheel,
the one who saw what others couldn't feel,
your body read the room before your mind,
theta waves aligned, the future intertwined—
you held us steady when the world went wild,
you held us steady, held us steady, child.

[Bridge]
Your nervous system learned to metabolize
what couldn't be outrun—
long-term potentiation of the wound,
but also of the vision, the same synapse firing
your strength into our bones,
your certainty rewriting what we thought was fixed.

[Chorus]
You are the still point in the turning wheel,
the one who saw what others couldn't feel,
your body read the room before your mind,
theta waves aligned, the future intertwined—
you held us steady when the world went wild,
you held us steady, held us steady, child.

[Outro]
The horse is still there in the dust,
stamping its infinite prayer,
and your vision—
still turning, still turning,
still true.

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