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"The Census of the Unnamed" Style: D minor, 140 BPM, Choral / Sacred Minimalism with Industrial undercurrent, Mood: awe-shading-into-dread, full SATB choir — soprano, alto, tenor, bass voices layered with close harmonic tension, no vib Lyrics: Let them be counted They passed through the border of no nation They slept in the arithmetic of rain No column held them, no record kept them They fell between the numbers and remained Say their weight in water Say their length in shadow ##Say their names, say their names, say their names## Who will ring the number for the unclaimed? Who will write the zero with a name? A woman's shoes beside the dried riverbed A child's coat pinned with no address The census taker turns the final blank page ##Turns the page, turns the page## And draws a line through all the rest We were not lost — we were never entered We were not gone — we were never here Say their weight in water Say their length in shadow ##Say their names, say their names, say their nam