the history of wonder
Singer:ben lee
there was absolutely nothing
only infinite potential and the hindus call it brahma
'til a moment of expansion that we cannot really fathom happened
fourteen billion years ago
the universe was born in a sudden burp of energy
atoms starting forming they're the yeast and grain of matter
and next hydrogen was cooling
spawning stars and supernova
and the sky lit up like hollywood
now we had a solar system
and what we now call earth
rife with primal cell division
that began hermaphroditic
made an elegant transition
this is the history of you and me
this is the history of wonder
the history of what we crave
this is the history of wonder
invertebrates and jellyfish
the things that crawled out of the sea
asteroid collision theory
and then the world got colder
chimpanzees were changing and becoming homo sapiens
it's still somewhat controversial
ritual and hunting tools and living space and painting
societies of foragers and tribal rank and social strata
complex forms of hierarchies
and as for love? well some will say
it calls you out of what you know
the dreams of men that came before
and everyone who wanted more
the plant that grows towards the light
the hero who did what was right
the dreams that haven't happened yet
it's what we give and it's what we get
pre-historic deities and shamanism
islam and the secret christian mysticism
pythagorean theory on the music of the spheres
madame blavatsky said the world we see is not what it appears
and to carl jung the psyche seemed a mix of alchemy and dreams
stimulants and sedatives and opioids and entheogens
this is the history of you and me
this is the history of wonder
this is the mystery of what could be
integrating mix and blending
archetypal hero's journey