FAWM: "Moving and Standing Still"

Moving and Standing Still

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Liner Notes

#lyricsonly #progressiverock
From a century ago, some of the most immediate implications of the Principle of Relativity. Try to imagine being the first person to see these ideas.

Lyrics

Moving and standing still
Take away the place to stand
And how do you tell them apart

Moving and standing still
If one is the same as the other
How do you take them to heart

Did particle A strike particle B
Or did particle B strike particle A
What if I told you the equations you see
Are the same either way

If moving and standing still
Are the same then all
Ideas of motion are confused

If moving and standing still
Are the same then space and time
Are simplified and reduced

Is space the space around particle A
Or is it the space around particle B
Or is it the space around you
Or is it the space around me

If moving and standing still
Are the same then
Whose watch can you trust

If moving and standing still
Are the same then does
The universe revolve around us

What if we chose one universal clock
And put it on the radio
Could we all agree on the time
Wherever we might go

How much space and time
Are covered by a photon
Anyone who says they can tell you
Does not have a leg to stand on

Moving and standing still
Are the same

Moving and standing still
Are the same

Comments

@musicsongwriter 1w

Wow, real project here, very well expressed. Cool take on the prompt.

@jeremykazoo 2w

I love clever science lyrics. And these are very clever!

@mhorning 2w

Well, no, a rotating reference frame is not an inertial one. ;-)

But as a guy with two physics degrees, I'll take both types of relativity over the Quagmire of Quantum any day.

Good song about the relative nature of reality.

@kahlo2013 2w

What a great history and physics lesson! And insightful philosophical thoughts! Great take on the prompt!

@dudachris 2w

What an interesting moment to pick out. You tell us to imagine the moment, but these lyrics are a vehicle that catalyzes that exercise; this is very well done 👏👏👏