Rising Numbers

Ajouté : 2026-05-16

[00:00:01]In the old [singing] kingdom [music] the king admired rising numbers.

[00:00:10]Each winter [music] the ledgers thickened with brighter harvest reports.

[00:00:16]Yet smoke [music] grew thinner above the village roofs.

[00:00:24]When grain tallies [music] climbed higher, bread lines lengthened before dawn.

[00:00:32]When cotton [music] records broke again, children slept beside colder walls.

[00:00:39]Still [music] the officials bowed before each painted chart. [singing] And across the kingdom the numbers [music] continued upward.