Because in 1666 an apple fell on Newton's head
Our modern view of gravity from this event was bred
'Till Einstein came along and said "Newton man, you suck.
It's obvious that space-time controls gravity, you shmuck."
The unification wasn't to come from relativity
So then Einstein spent his later years in mental misery
Then in 1968 the world of physics it did change
And through the years a new theory arrived and it was strange
It said the world we live in is comprised of not but strings
These tiny bits of energy, these crazy wiggly things
It finally made the subatomic forces work with gravity
The quantum world and Einstein became one big family
Marimba solo!
*Instrumental*
We're riding the knowledge express man!
*more instrumental*
Oh well with string theory uncertainty had shown its ugly face
There were five versions each unique so which should we embrace
Then Edward Witten came along and said "Hey guys, shut up."
There's eleven dimensions P-branes, D-Branes, and much more close up
The world gave out a collective "ahh" and everyone did understand
The universe and unification might be close at hand
See, different string vibrations cause the particles we know
And each dimension helps explain why strings move just like so
We may be just a membrane and our world is not unique
There may be many other universes so to speak
But in this crazy string based world there's so much we can do
So man, just lay back and let the super symmetry work for you.
A NIght OF Spatula Madness Lyrics
Our modern view of gravity from this event was bred
'Till Einstein came along and said "Newton man, you suck.
It's obvious that space-time controls gravity, you shmuck."
The unification wasn't to come from relativity
So then Einstein spent his later years in mental misery
Then in 1968 the world of physics it did change
And through the years a new theory arrived and it was strange
It said the world we live in is comprised of not but strings
These tiny bits of energy, these crazy wiggly things
It finally made the subatomic forces work with gravity
The quantum world and Einstein became one big family
Marimba solo!
*Instrumental*
We're riding the knowledge express man!
*more instrumental*
Oh well with string theory uncertainty had shown its ugly face
There were five versions each unique so which should we embrace
Then Edward Witten came along and said "Hey guys, shut up."
There's eleven dimensions P-branes, D-Branes, and much more close up
The world gave out a collective "ahh" and everyone did understand
The universe and unification might be close at hand
See, different string vibrations cause the particles we know
And each dimension helps explain why strings move just like so
We may be just a membrane and our world is not unique
There may be many other universes so to speak
But in this crazy string based world there's so much we can do
So man, just lay back and let the super symmetry work for you.
A NIght OF Spatula Madness Lyrics