Unwritten

[Silence]
[Arrangement: Acoustic guitar, piano, light strings, steady percussion, layered harmonies building throughout]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]

[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Unwritten
(Unwritten)
Still to come
(For everyone)

[Verse 1]
How long do you think it takes
(To make ancient ice)
Six million years of seasons
(Frozen in time)

What was built across the ages
(Can disappear today)
The choices that we make now
(Will not fade away)

[Pre-Chorus]
The page is turning
(Every day)
The ink is flowing
(Along the way)

[Chorus]
The future is uncertain
(Unwritten)
The future is our burden
(For certain)

The road ahead is waiting
(To be defined)
Tomorrow’s story starts with
(What we’ve refined)

[Arrangement: Add strings and vocal harmonies]

[Verse 2]
How hard will we make thriving
(Turn into survive)
Will there still be room for wonder
(For dreams to stay alive)

Will forests sing in sunlight
(And rivers find the sea)
Or will we leave unanswered
(What future there will be)

[Pre-Chorus]
The clock is moving
(Second by second)
The world is changing
(Faster than reckoned)

[Chorus]
The future is uncertain
(Unwritten)
The future is our burden
(For certain)

The road ahead is waiting
(To be defined)
Tomorrow’s story starts with
(What we decide)

[Bridge]
No one knows
(Exactly where)
The path will lead
(From here)
But every step
(Every choice)
Becomes tomorrow’s voice

No one else can write it
(For you and me)
The future is a question
(We answer collectively)

[Arrangement: Psychedelic Jam, Percussion Solo]

[Refrain]
Choose wisely
(Choose wisely)
The future’s still
(Unwritten)

Choose wisely
(Choose wisely)

The ending’s still
(Unwritten)

[Final Chorus]
The future is uncertain
(Unwritten)
The future is our burden
(For certain)

The world we’ll leave tomorrow
(Is shaped today)
The future is unwritten
(Choose your way)

The future is unwritten
(Choose our way)

[Outro]
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]
Still to come
(For everyone)

Unwritten
(Unwritten)

About the Song

The Future Is Unwritten

• We determine the future today. Choose wisely.

How long do you think it takes to make six-million-year-old ice?

How hard will our generation make the struggle to thrive become a struggle merely to survive?

We determine the future today. Choose wisely.

From the album “Unwritten“