This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 302.

Song title: Late Lines, Living Light
Original Base by Base episode: 302: SMN1/SMN2 splicing and last-exon mechanisms — Tribute to Brunhilde Wirth
Original episode link: https://basebybase.com/episodes/smn1-smn2-splicing-wirth

Article metadata:
Article title: The Last Exon Light: A Tribute Dossier Celebrating the Scientific Career of Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth
Journal: Editorial tribute dossier / multi-source compilation
Reference: The Last Exon Light: A Tribute Dossier Celebrating the Scientific Career of Prof. Dr. Brunhilde Wirth. Editorial tribute dossier and curated retrospective source text.

Lyrics:
Verse 1
In the quiet of the lab, the midnight screens glow bright
Threads of code in DNA, a fragile filament of light
A single change at the tail can slip right out of sight
Whispers through the benches ask if what we knew was right

Pre-Chorus
Not every broken sentence gets swept into the dark
Some endings linger, folding in a different part
We trace the splice, we watch the altered beating heart

Chorus
So we test, we map, we bring those late lines into light
Turn uncertain notes to answers in the night
For newborns and the families waiting for a sign
We validate the story, stitch the science into life

Verse 2
We run the gels and read the blots, the assays speak the truth
What predictions claim still needs the proof of proof
A variant that escapes the rule can shift the frame
So steady hands and patient minds call every change by name

Bridge
It takes a tender kind of care to read what cells design
To learn that endings change the plot and meaning redefines
We don't stop at the first guess; we follow every line

Final Chorus
So we test, we map, we bring those late lines into light
Turn uncertain notes to answers in the night
For families waiting at the dawn, for clearer signs to find
We validate the story, stitch the science into life