‘Non, e’ – Time, Space, and the Quiet Expansion of the Universe

Some songs don’t offer answers — only questions with echoes.
My new song, ‘Non, e‘ drifts in that kind of space.

Built around a minimal progression and a vocal loop, this song leans into something mystic and slow-burning — a meditation on what remains present even in absence.

The lyrics are simple:

in the darkest days
there’s time and space

in the realm of none
there’s nothing to be done
nothing to say
in time or space

It circles these lines — not to resolve them, but to let them resonate. Because even on our darkest days, something still exists: time still ticks. Space still stretches. And in that, there’s both grief and possibility.

Parallels with the Universe

The song touches on something more cosmic — how the scaling nature of the universe feels eerily parallel to our emotional lives.

The universe expands. It accelerates. Scientists still ask whether that expansion will go on forever, or whether one day it’ll hit a final wall — entropy exhausted — what I’ve jokingly called before: The Big Brick.

Will there be something beyond that point?
Or will it stretch endlessly toward a realm of none — of zero — where nothing more can be done or said?

These are huge questions, yes, but this song doesn’t try to answer them. It just holds them quietly, like a sky on mute.

A Space for the Listener

‘Non, e‘ isn’t loud. It doesn’t build to a drop or a resolution. It’s a slow shimmer. And sometimes that’s what’s most honest — music that gives you space to think, not just something to fill it.

I hope this one speaks to you in its stillness.

— Josh Montague
thejoshworld.com

(Click here to watch ‘Non,e’ on Youtube)