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LHC Intro
00:20
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I'm the particle in your collider, I'm
Experimenting with consenting adults
I'm an electron-spewing muon in your magnetic field
And I'm anticipating sexy results
I like the way our universe is expanding
A Big Bang of Supersymmetry
We've got enough mass to discourage collapse
But not enough to trigger entropy
Were you and I together in the beginning
Before the Higgs assigned our properties?
I like to think we were all the same back then
It's my Grand Unified Theory
Unlike neutrinos I am feeling a charge
As we uncover our destiny
I think we oughta juggernaut into the tevatron
And collide at high energies, hey
Let's make a play for a day when symmetry's not a cult
You know we merit an experiment with sexy results
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Crash and Divide
03:31
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I am
Only
Interested in that
which is impossible
And how you
cut the head off a
headless dragon
I am
Only one person
But I hold
the dreams Of Billions
I am
Only one person
But I change
The course of nations
Collide, The atoms crash and divide
Everything starts to take life
And all the stars are aligned
Like a million calculations
Collide, The atoms crash and divide
Everything starts to take life
All of my prayers are replied
And everything changes
You never know just what you know until you know you know it
You never know how an endless loop ends until you know you end it
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As Simple As Possible
03:08
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Strip it down to a slogan
Strip it down to a rhyme
Hone the message
Get it in primetime
Use a simple language
Make it nice and neat
Add some zeros
To the balance sheet
It depends on funding
And a clear brand
A great salesman
Marketing demand
Turn it into a jingle
Create awareness.
Cover it in carmel
And sell the science
Lets make this as simple as possible
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5. |
Everything About Nothing
01:14
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If I were the physicist I thought I'd be
I'd be mapping out the world's new alchemy
Searching for neutrinos in the sea
Or analyzing data from the LHC
Bravo bravo, someday we're gonna know
Everything about nothing
From particles to strings, we're learning everything
Everything about nothing
From the sidelines I can only guess
We're learning more and more about less and less
I wish my observing carried influence
But re-writing the books requires more finesse
Bravo bravo, someday we're gonna know
Everything about nothing
From particles to strings, we're learning everything
Everything about nothing
Bravo bravo, someday we're gonna know
Everything about nothing
From particles to strings, we're learning everything
Everything about nothing
Everything about nothing
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6. |
LHC Interlude
00:22
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7. |
Throw Deep
03:35
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Whoever said man wasn't meant to touch the face of God?
We know the legend, it has only been tried once before
The Tower of Babel's built on forces, leptons, quarks and hadrons
After four thousand years, we can't afford to wait for thousand more
After four thousand years, we can't afford to wait for thousand more
Remember what Ronnie said in 1987 (Throw Deep)
You've gotta throw Hail Marys to discover heaven (Throw Deep)
Remember what Ronnie said in 1987 (Throw Deep)
What good's the answer if you do not know the question
Anything that's not forbidden's by definition mandatory
Thus we're compelled to smash the atom to proclaim God's glory
To slip the surly bonds of Earth man doesn't have to die
Fire up the magnets and chill out 'cause this is all a ride
Fire up the magnets and chill out 'cause this is all a ride
I wanna solve the biggest questions
I wanna split the thinnest hairs
Oh Lord, to solve your biggest problems
Oh Lord, to split your thinnest hairs
Oh Lord, to solve your Rubik's Cube
With its six hundred forty billion squares
I wanna solve the biggest problems
I wanna split the thinnest hairs
I wanna solve a Rubik's Cube
With six hundred and forty billion squares
Throw your Deep Thoughts into the Earth
For Life, the Universe and whatever that's worth
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Continuous Symmetries
03:54
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I didn’t choose this life this life chose me
I didn’t choose this life this life chose me
I always admired people who dream big
I only dream in continuous symmetries
Whoo
Whoo--hoo
Whoo
Whoo--hoo
You only believe what you want to believe
But that all depends on the marketing
Speak to the earth and it shall teach thee
I find the rules that change history
I find the rules that change history
Its the glory of God to conceal a thing,
Its the glory of God to conceal a thing,
Its the glory of God to conceal a thing,
Its the glory of God to conceal a thing,
But the glory of a king
But the glory of a king
But the glory of a king
To search it out
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