The Grand and the Small (Cathy and the Dreamer) - Complete Album

The Grand and the Small

01 The Grand and the Small
02 Cosmic Circus
03 The Proud Man And The Present Woman
04 The Beggar's Crown
05 Celestial Grains
06 The Cereal Knight
07 Infinite Ledger
08 Laundry King
09 The Infinite Answer
10 The Trash Crusader
11 The Grand and the Small (Reprise)
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01 The Grand and the Small

[Verse]
A pebble rolls down a quiet hill
The wind hums soft but never still
An ant marches with a mighty will

[Prechorus]
Oh the world is vast and wide
Yet here I stand so dignified

[Chorus]
I am the dust I am the crown
I wear a smile I wear a frown
Bow before me I’m profound
And utterly trivial

[Verse 2]
A teacup tips a drop escapes
The moon peers through the curtain drapes
A sock lies lonely lost in space

[Prechorus]
Oh the cosmos bends for me
Yet I trip on life’s debris

[Chorus]
I am the dust I am the crown
I wear a smile I wear a frown
Bow before me I’m profound
And utterly trivial
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02 Cosmic Circus

[Verse]
Stars whisper secrets I can't comprehend
The void laughs loud where light dares to bend
A spiral of dust that pretends it's a plan
Tell me now what makes a man

[Chorus]
Round and round the cosmic circus goes
Clowns of stardust in galactic shows
What’s the meaning nobody knows
Just watch the nonsense grow and grow

[Verse 2]
Planets waltz but trip on their toes
Black holes hide where nothing grows
Time’s a joker playing with sand
Infinity’s joke we misunderstand

[Prechorus]
Is it a riddle or a cruel charade
A masterpiece or a mess we made

[Chorus]
Round and round the cosmic circus goes
Clowns of stardust in galactic shows
What’s the meaning nobody knows
Just watch the nonsense grow and grow

[Bridge]
A comet laughs a fiery grin
Suns collapse just to begin
Chaos sings in a choir so vast
The universe plays and we’re the cast
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03 The Proud Man And The Present Woman

[Verse 1]
He walks like a crowned catastrophe
Name etched in tomorrow
Framed in yesterday
He toasts to monuments not built yet
And medals he remembers
Though they never came
He says
"I am the sum of all that was
And all that will be mine."
His voice fills the halls of silence
Like a sermon to his own design

[Chorus]
"I live in the past and future
"
He says
Head high
Eyes wide
"I live in the past and future
I am endless
I am pride."
She answers
Calm and open
No thunder
Just her breath
"I live in the eternal present
In each step
In each death."

[Verse 2]
She sits where the ticking stops
Hands empty
Yet they never reach
Her eyes on the flame
Not its shadow
Her words are smaller than the speech
He piles up golden hypotheticals
Brick by gleaming
Ghostly brick
She pours him one clear moment
And tells him
"This is it."

[Bridge]
"Who are you without your stories?"
She asks
And lets it fall
Like dust on his embroidered coat
Like cracks in marble walls
"Who are you without your victories
Without your unborn days?"
He trembles in his tailored time
But won’t look her present way

[Chorus]
"I live in the past and future
"
He repeats
Louder
More alone
"I live in the past and future
In every throne I've never owned."
She whispers
Almost vanishing
Yet her word cuts through his span
"I live in the eternal present
Where you could simply be a man."
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04 The Beggar's Crown

[Verse]
I sit on a throne of brittle gold
The air around me
Heavy and cold
I own the stars
Yet can't touch the light
My kingdom vast
But the nights bite

[Chorus]
The beggar laughs
His hands are free
The earth is his
The sky
The sea
While I count lands
He counts the skies
A ruler gains
But never flies

[Verse 2]
I built a wall to hold the sun
But shadows grow where light is spun
I hold the keys to locked-up doors
Yet find no joy in what is stored

[Prechorus]
He owns the wind
The rain
The stone
I own a crown
But not my own

[Chorus]
The beggar laughs
His hands are free
The earth is his
The sky
The sea
While I claim thrones
He claims the breeze
A ruler bows
But never sees

[Bridge]
A conqueror stands
A beggar kneels
But tell me who truly feels
The stars they shine
Not bought
Not sold
Their worth untouched by power or gold
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05 Celestial Grains

[Verse]
A million steps across the sand
They build and break with trembling hands
Whispers rise in concrete halls
Their echoes drown the ancient calls

[Chorus]
Oh the stars
They sigh
They weep
They mourn
For every birth
For every scorn
Cosmic threads
They stretch
They fray
Yet humans dance
They drift away

[Verse 2]
Mountains carved by fleeting schemes
Rivers choked by shattered dreams
The cosmic mind
It bends
It waits
While Earth rewrites its fragile fate

[Prechorus]
Do they see
Do they know
The seeds they reap
The winds they sow

[Chorus]
Oh the stars
They sigh
They weep
They mourn
For every birth
For every scorn
Cosmic threads
They stretch
They fray
Yet humans dance
They drift away

[Bridge]
Infinite plans in timeless skies
Collide with smoke
With human lies
The universe turns
It never halts
Yet feels the sting of mortal faults
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06 The Cereal Knight

[Verse]
Each dawn he rises bold and tall
A shadow cast upon the wall
The world still sleeps but he does not
For glory calls from his humble spot

[Prechorus]
Milk in hand like a sacred rite
A hero born in morning light

[Chorus]
He lifts his spoon to the skies above
A battle waged with steadfast love
The crunch
The clash
A mighty sound
The Cereal Knight
Forever crowned

[Verse 2]
Flakes of courage in his bowl
Fueling heart and steady soul
The milk swirls like a battlefield
And yet
To none does he ever yield

[Prechorus]
The spoon
His sword
The bowl
His steed
A quiet king who fills his need

[Chorus]
He lifts his spoon to the skies above
A battle waged with steadfast love
The crunch
The clash
A mighty sound
The Cereal Knight
Forever crowned
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07 Infinite Ledger

[Verse 1]
Tiny fires on a blue stone
Engines hum and banners rise
Footsteps carve their brief equations
Dust remembers
Open skies
You build towers out of morning
You burn forests into noon
All your trembling little empires
Fade like breath against the moon

[Chorus]
I am the infinite ledger
Cosmic consciousness
Keeping score
Every act on this Earth
Ripples out forevermore
You move
I answer
You fall
I rearrange
I am the infinitely planning mind
That your restless hands have changed

[Verse 2]
Rocket scars across the silence
Signals crawl through ancient night
Plastic kingdoms in the shallows
Turn the coral ghostly white
Still you sing your names in concrete
Pray to clocks and glowing screens
While I bend the distant spiral
Round the weight of what that means

[Outro]
I was patient in your first spark
I will witness your last flame
Every choice on this small planet
Writes a line beneath my name
You are fragile
Wild
Unfinished
Yet I wait
And never sleep
Infinite universe unfolding
Round the harvest that you reap
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08 Laundry King

[Verse]
He stands alone
The basket high
A mountain of cloth
Beneath the sky
Each sock a soldier
Each shirt a tale
A hero’s journey
Through the spin and wail

[Chorus]
Behold the Laundry King
Conqueror of the soiled and stained
With soap and courage
He will reign
Behold the Laundry King

[Verse 2]
The washer roars
A mighty beast
He feeds its hunger
A cleansing feast
The whites
The colors
The darkened hue
All bow before the water’s blue

[Prechorus]
Oh tumble dry
Oh gentle spin
The battle rages deep within

[Chorus]
Behold the Laundry King
Conqueror of the soiled and stained
With soap and courage
He will reign
Behold the Laundry King

[Bridge]
The dryer hums a solemn hymn
Steam rises like a phantom grim
He folds with grace
Each wrinkle tamed
A legacy of clean proclaimed
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09 The Infinite Answer

[Verse]
Beneath the shadow of the ancient trees
A whisper crawls on the timeless breeze
It hums of questions no man can tame
It burns through ages
A holy flame

[Chorus]
The infinite answer
It waits
It sings
A crown of silence for the minds of kings
No need for reason
No need for doubt
It solves within what we scream without

[Verse 2]
Mountains crumble but it still stands tall
The weight of nothingness
Holding it all
It’s not a riddle
It’s not a prayer
It’s everything
And it’s barely there

[Prechorus]
No beginning
No end
It will break
It will mend

[Chorus]
The infinite answer
It waits
It sings
A crown of silence for the minds of kings
No need for reason
No need for doubt
It solves within what we scream without

[Bridge]
It’s the echo of the first-born star
The thread that ties the near and far
It’s the pause between each breath you take
The only truth that will never break
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10 The Trash Crusader

[Verse]
The dawn breaks sharp like a soldier's blade
He rises tall
His duty made
A titan's stride to the curb's cold line
The world asleep
But the hour divine

[Chorus]
He walks
He walks
The trash crusader
A hero unknown
The dawn's invader
With bag in hand
His fate is cast
A fleeting moment
But it will last

[Verse 2]
The bag is heavy
A foe to tame
It groans
It sways
It whispers shame
Banana peels and coffee grounds
A silent war
No trumpet sounds

[Prechorus]
But his heart is steel
His grip is strong
The battle brief
The glory long

[Chorus]
He walks
He walks
The trash crusader
A hero unknown
The dawn's invader
With bag in hand
His fate is cast
A fleeting moment
But it will last

[Bridge]
Oh
Kings may rise and empires fall
But the garbage waits for one and all
He lifts it high
His noble quest
The curbside throne
His final test
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11 The Grand and the Small (Reprise)

[Verse]
A pebble rolls down a quiet hill
The wind hums soft but never still
An ant marches with a mighty will

[Prechorus]
Oh the world is vast and wide
Yet here I stand so dignified

[Chorus]
I am the dust I am the crown
I wear a smile I wear a frown
Bow before me I’m profound
And utterly trivial

[Verse 2]
A teacup tips a drop escapes
The moon peers through the curtain drapes
A sock lies lonely lost in space

[Prechorus]
Oh the cosmos bends for me
Yet I trip on life’s debris

[Chorus]
I am the dust I am the crown
I wear a smile I wear a frown
Bow before me I’m profound
And utterly trivial
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Concept and Lyrics: Cathy and the Dreamer
Music produced by Cathy and the Dreamer and Suno-AI
Artwork Concept and Design: Cathy and the Dreamer
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