posted by Suzie Chhouk
Hank Green (popular YouTuber) sings his original song: a ballad about the world we do not see.
Click to "read more" for the lyrics.
Click to "read more" for the lyrics.
Lyrics:
Protons
And neutrons
The electron clouds scattered around
Atoms packed
And lattices stacked
Among billions and trillions of their kind
And around trillions more, they wind.
And we see that they are formed into this thing
That I and most before me call a guitar string.
We think we see this world
But we see a fraction of a fraction
And even what we can see
Is just photonic reactions
And we think that it's gorgeous
And that no thing could compare
But how could we ever know
When there's so much more out there?
Protons
And neutrons
The electron clouds scattered around
Carbon and oxygen
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Forming two of the simplest proteins
And stacked together into beta-pleated sheets
And out from finger grows this thing
That I smack up and down on this guitar string.
We think we see this world
But we see a fraction of a fraction
And even what we can see
Is just photonic reactions
And we think that it's gorgeous
And that no thing could compare
But how could we ever know
When there's so much more out there?
Protons
And neutrons
The electron clouds scattered around
Atoms packed
And lattices stacked
Among billions and trillions of their kind
And around trillions more, they wind.
And we see that they are formed into this thing
That I and most before me call a guitar string.
We think we see this world
But we see a fraction of a fraction
And even what we can see
Is just photonic reactions
And we think that it's gorgeous
And that no thing could compare
But how could we ever know
When there's so much more out there?
Protons
And neutrons
The electron clouds scattered around
Carbon and oxygen
Nitrogen and hydrogen
Forming two of the simplest proteins
And stacked together into beta-pleated sheets
And out from finger grows this thing
That I smack up and down on this guitar string.
We think we see this world
But we see a fraction of a fraction
And even what we can see
Is just photonic reactions
And we think that it's gorgeous
And that no thing could compare
But how could we ever know
When there's so much more out there?