[ti:The Atom]
[ar:Ani DiFranco]
[al:Red Letter Year]
[00:02.00]Ani DiFranco - The Atom
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[00:41.11]the glory of the atom
[00:45.57]begs a reverent word
[00:48.52]the primary design of the whole universe
[00:55.31]let us sing its praises
[00:58.38]let us bow our heads in prayer
[01:01.59]at the magnificent consciousness
[01:04.44]incarnate there
[01:07.16]
[01:08.55]the smallest unit of matter
[01:12.81]with its orbiting electrons
[01:15.72]echoing off the solar system
[01:18.78]like a hawk in the hills at dawn
[01:22.05]the smallest unit of matter
[01:25.70]uniting bird and rock and tree
[01:29.23]and you and me
[01:31.44]
[01:35.54]oh holy is the atom
[01:40.74]the truly intelligent design
[01:43.52]to which all of evolution
[01:46.52]is graciously aligned
[01:49.92]the one single structure
[01:53.27]to which everything distills
[01:56.77]the air, the wood smoke there, and the hills
[02:02.36]
[02:03.92]oh leave me here surrounded
[02:08.53]by everything that's real
[02:11.26]far outside the boundaries
[02:14.32]of the digitized ordeal
[02:17.81]leave me here awake
[02:21.34]leave me here to heal
[02:26.70]
[02:30.63]human beings are a cross
[02:34.02]between monkeys and ants
[02:37.61]you can see us from your spaceship
[02:40.78]melting the polar ice caps with our arrogance
[02:44.64]summon a congress of angels
[02:47.77]dressed in riot gear
[02:51.48]we've got ourselves a serious situation down here
[02:57.92]
[03:22.28]i had a great great uncle
[03:25.76]who worked on the atomic bomb
[03:29.30]he got a nobel prize in physics
[03:32.90]and a place in this song
[03:36.09]and i bet there were no windows
[03:38.71]and no women in the room
[03:42.39]when they applied themselves to the pure
[03:46.23]science of doom
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[03:50.51]messing with the atom
[03:53.33]is the highest form of blasphemy
[03:56.34]whether you are making weapons
[04:00.00]or simply electricity
[04:02.47]someone fashion me a pulpit
[04:06.64]i have been called to engage
[04:09.63]with the maniacal heretics
[04:12.96]of the nuclear age
[04:16.29]
[04:17.35]let the religious get religion
[04:20.60]let consumers get a clue
[04:23.95]let scientists get perspective
[04:27.41]let activists get their due
[04:31.20]let industry get a conscience
[04:34.22]let the earth inherit the meek
[04:37.69]let the divinity of nature speak
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[04:45.16]the glory of the atom
[04:48.40]begs a reverent word
[04:51.61]the primary design
[04:54.83]of the whole universe
[04:58.32]oh let us sing its praises
[05:01.39]let us bow our heads in prayer
[05:05.26]at the magnificent consciousness
[05:08.15]incarnate there
[05:11.79]