Atom Melody Only 26 Feb 08

Atom [A capella Melody + SATB]

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from "Powers of Ten" by David Haines 20 Feb 2008

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This

                   world

is

an

emp - ty

world

                                                                                                                                                               5

world

This

much

thin - ner

than air

-

-

This

10

world

is an

emp - ty world

15

So

far

be - tween

each

3

thing and

thing

it's

al - most not

20

Drift - ing

there

in

an empt - ty space

as vast

3

as

some

im- mense

ca- the - dral

Nu - cel - us

as small

as

one

fruit

fly

25

Weighs ten

thou - sand times

the weight

of

that ca - the - dral's stones

so

30

dense - ly packed

those

pro - tons

and

those neu - trons

there

in side

This

world

35

pa - ra

dox - i - cal world

This

3 world

where

no - thing

3

40

what

is

i-t seems -

-

-

-

-

This

world

Pa - ra

do - xi - cal

45

world

3

This world

in - side

the

a - tom

hides

things stran - ger than

dreams

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                                         

50

Whiz-zing

a - round

that

54

bi - qui - tous

e - lec

-

59

ting pho

-

tons

in

a strange

ev' - ry - where

they

jump

-

from shell

e - lu - sive cloud

no

world

time

This

here

Quan - tum

to shell

to there

world

 

This

ruled

by

U-

Ab - sor - bing

- -

           

68

to - mic

trons

as

63

in - stant - ly

nu - cle - us

and

e - mit -

leap - ing

 



world

sub - a -

    

fun- da - men - tal

for- ces

four

                                                                                                                                                  73

This

world

sub - a - to - mic

world

E

3

78

lec-tro - mag - ne-tic,

Strong, Weak, don't for - get it,

3

Gra - vi - ty's fourth, there's no

more

This

82

world

sub - a - to - mic

world

This

3 world

87

ruled

by

fun- da - men - tal

for - ces four

- -

- -

This

world

sub - a 3

92

to- mic

world

E - lec-tro - mag - ne- tic,

96

fourth,

Strong, Weak,

don't for - get it,

Gra- vi - ty's

3

there's no

more

E - lec- tro - mag - ne - tic,

Strong, Weak,

don't for - get it,

100

Gra

-

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vi

-

ty's

fourth,

2

there's

no

more