(Verse One)
There was a man who woke up in early morn
Wondering why his shirt was torn
And where was he before he was born
Sat for about an hour in the shower stall
And watched the crystal water fall
But was he there even at all?
Delta 5
Minus 9
Inverse square
Over time
Carry 1
Retrograde
Vector of
E-magnetic wave
(Verse Two)
There was a man who walked out into the rain
Missed his bus so he jumped the train
Does losing one's self reduce the pain?
He got off early seeing a broken wall
Written on it in letters tall
"If you're not big then maybe you're small"
Sine of L
Prime of H
Parallel
Cartesian Plane
Factor in
Low degree
Reduction
Quantum gravity
Root of pi
Multiplied
Beta X
Theta Y
Total sums
Equal not
Answer was
Smaller than he thought
(Chorus)
Hey-oh, there's no other way down
It'll be some kind of time from now until we hit the ground
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…
Hey-oh, this'll be some kind of ride
Nothing less ever than some wild times
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…
Hey-oh, we see no us inside
1.6 x 10-35
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…
(Verse Three)
If you're not big then maybe you're small
That's what he saw. Paint still dripping off the wall there
Some vandal's spray can lightning bolt bearing down
On him from out of nowhere
This random string of words
Splayed across some random stack of bricks
That line some random alley way
In some random corner of some random cityscape
So he pondered where he was
If he was
What this 'awakeness' somewhere inside was made of
The flicker of light the so called self is said to be comprised of
Rule out the body in all of its change
It's astronomical but ultimately pathologic
And yet he's seen darker days
Well if not the body then how about the brain?
Throw this brain in another man's suit
And I think he might argue that he'd probably be there too
But synaptic, plastic, elastic
Is the nature of the neuron
And memories are all just cascades of brain sparks
That are made up on the spot
Patterns that another lobe in some other part
Perceives as being the essence of who you are
And personality?
Program a copy or two of you
Theoretical. Identical
A philosophical tool
Or volatile fuel?
For these goddamn no-branching rules
If you're not big then maybe you're small
Bullsh** or base line state?
So he says to himself, if I even exist at all, man
I'm smaller than a Planck length
(Chorus)
Hey-oh, there's no other way down
It'll be some kind of time from now until we hit the ground
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…
Hey-oh, this'll be some kind of ride
Nothing less ever than some wild times
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…
Hey-oh, we see no us inside
1.6 x 10-35
It goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, it goes
We're smaller than a Planck length
s** it up
Just got to let go
Hey…