Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Back at the beginning there was absolutely nothing
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only infinite potential, and the Hindus call it Brahma
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And the moment of expansion, though we cannot really fathom it,
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happened 14 billion years ago
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The universe was born in a sudden burp of energy
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atoms started forming, they're the yeast and grain of matter
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and next hydrogen was cooling, spawning seismic supernovas
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The sky lit up like Hollywood
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Now we had a solar system, a home we now call Earth
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The petri dish for algae where a primal cell division
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that began hermaphroditic made an elegant transition to
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sex and sex (more sex) and sex
[Chorus 1]
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This is the history / of you and me
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This is the history / of wonder
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The history / of what we crave
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This is the history / of wonder
[Verse 2]
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Vertebrates, invertebrates, and jellyfish, anemomes
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and things that crawled out of the sea. Paleontology.
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Dinosaurs, yeah they were scary. Asteroid collision theory.
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Then the world got colder
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Chimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens
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Still somewhat controversial, what a magical mutation
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Ritual and hunting tools and living space and painting
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Poetry in motion
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Societies and foragers and tribal rank and social strata
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Complex forms of heirarchy; matriarchal, patriarchal
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Evolution, revolution, politics: that adds a sparkle
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Watch the world go 'round
[Bridge]
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And as for love, well some will say
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It lights the road. It leads the way.
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It calls us out of what we know
The space to breathe. The will to grow.
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The dreams of men that came before
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And everyone who wanted more
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The plant that grows towards the light
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The hero that did what was right
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The dreams that haven't happened yet
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It's what we give and what we get
[Verse 3]
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Prehistoric deities and Shamanism, pantheism
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Platoism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
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Judaism, Islam, and the secret Christian mysticism
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Everybody's praying
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Pythagorean theorem, and music of the spheres
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Madame Blavatsky said the world we see is not what it appears
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And, to Carl Jung, the psyche seemed a mix of alchemy and dreams
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Sychronicity.
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Stimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens
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Caffeination, insufflation, medicines, hallucinogens
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Altering the organism; hated, loved, and feared.
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And what about beer?
[Chorus 2]
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This is the history / of you and me
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This is the history / of wonder
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This is the history / that endless sea
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This is the mystery / of what could be
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Our accidental, transcendental,
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monumental, experimental
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integrating, mixed and blending,
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no repeating, never-ending
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always yearning, always learning
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archetypal hero's journey
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The history of wonder
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