Ben Lee - The history of wonder
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E7: x22010 or x20010
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
CBack at the beginning there was absolutely nothing
only E7infinite potential, and the Hindus call it Brahman
And the Csusmoment of expansion, though we cannot really fathom it,
happened Cmaj914 billion years ago
CThe universe was born in a sudden burp of energy
E7atoms started forming, they're the yeast and grain of matter
and next Csushydrogen was cooling, spawning seismic supernovas
The sky lit up like GHollywood
CNow we had a solar system, a home we now call Earth
The E7petri dish for algae where a primal cell division
that Csusbegan hermaphroditic made an elegant transition to
Dsex and sex (more sex) and sex
[Chorus 1]
This is the Chistory / of E7you and me
This is the Csushistory / of Cmaj9wonder
The Chistory / of what we E7crave
This is the Csushistory / of Gwonder
[Verse 2]
CVertebrates, invertebrates, and jellyfish, anemomes
and E7things that crawled out of the sea. Paleontology.
CsusDinosaurs, yeah they were scary. Asteroid collision theory.
Then the world got Cmaj9colder
CChimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens
Still E7somewhat controversial, what a magical mutation
CsusRitual and hunting tools and living space and painting
Poetry in Gmotion
CSocieties and foragers and tribal rank and social strata
E7Complex forms of heirarchy; matriarchal, patriarchal
CsusEvolution, revolution, politics: that adds a sparkle
DWatch the world go 'round
[Bridge]
GAnd as for love, well some will say
EIt lights the road. It leads the way.
FIt calls us out of what we know
The space to breathe. The will to grow.
DThe dreams of men that came before
GAnd everyone who wanted more
The Eplant that grows towards the light
The Chero that did what was right
The Ddreams that haven't happened yet
It's Csuswhat we give and Gwhat we get
[Verse 3]
CPrehistoric deities and Shamanism, pantheism
E7Platoism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
CsusJudaism, Islam, and the secret Christian mysticism
Everybody's Cmaj9praying
CPythagorean theorem, and music of the spheres
E7Marquis Laplace said the world we see is not what it appears
And to CsusCarl Jung, the psychic streams mixed with alchemy and dreams
GSychronicity.
CStimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens
E7Caffeination, insufflation, medicines, hallucinogens
CsusAltering the organism; hated, loved, and feared.
And what about Dbeer?
[Chorus 2]
This is the Chistory / of E7you and me
This is the Csushistory / of Cmaj9wonder
This is the Chistory / that E7endless sea
This is the Csusmystery / of what could Gbe
Our Caccidental, transcendental,
E7monumental, Cmaj9experimental
Csusintegrating, mixed and blending,
Cmaj9no repeating, never-ending
Calways yearning, always learning
E7archetypal hero's journey
The Csushistory of Cmaj9wonder
[End on C]