4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They split a beam of tiny light
To catch it in the act
It danced when no one watched it
And it settled when they cracked
A wave until you looked at it
A dot beneath your eye
The whole world waits on being seen
And I think I know why
[Chorus]
Particle and wave
Singing what the Watcher gave
It only turns to solid ground
The moment that it's truly found
I'm a flicker, I'm a maybe
Till His eyes are on my face
Then I'm real, then I'm real
Rendered into time and space
[Verse 2]
The smartest men get nervous
When the numbers start to glow
The deeper down they tunnel
The more it looks like info
Not marbles in a vacuum
But a message in the seams
A reader and a written world
A universe that dreams
[Chorus]
Particle and wave
Singing what the Watcher gave
It only turns to solid ground
The moment that it's truly found
I'm a flicker, I'm a maybe
Till His eyes are on my face
Then I'm real, then I'm real
Rendered into time and space
[Bridge]
Observe me, Lord, and make me sure
Collapse my fog into the clear
I was never very solid
Till I knew that You were here
[Final Chorus]
Particle and wave
Singing what the Watcher gave
It only turns to solid ground
The moment that it's truly found
Not a flicker, not a maybe
Now His eyes are on my face
I am real, I am real
Rendered into time and space
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