The Sound Of Freethinking: #6 Infinite

I give you Infinite by Assemble 23.

Like a grain of sand
Swallowed by the desert
Like a drop of rain
That falls from darkened clouds

I am overwhelmed
I stand here awed and humbled
At the feet of giants
Whose shadows stretch for miles

Staggering and infinite
And full of ageless grace
The universe seemed limitless
Without any time
Without any place
Staggering and infinite
The beauty of it all
I feel insignificant
Never have I ever felt so small

Like a century
That passes in a day's time
Like an endless loop
That shudders to a stop

The world redefined
An existence without boundries
I am overcome
I am lost within it's scale

Staggering and infinite
And full of ageless grace
The universe seemed limitless

Without any time
Without any place
Staggering and infinite
The beauty of it all
I feel insignificant
Never have I ever felt so small

Like a drop of rain
Swallowed by the desert
Like a grain of sand
That sinks beneath the waves

Even the greatest peak
Will one day wear to nothing
Even the deepest sea
Will one day dry to dust

Staggering and infinite
And full of ageless grace
The universe seemed limitless
Without any time
Without any place
Staggering and infinite
The beauty of it all
I feel insignificant
Never have I ever felt so small

This song is far more positive then most of the songs I have posted thus far. Here, Tom Shear (the genius behind Assemblage 23) sings about that feeling of utter awe one gets when you think about the universe as it truly is. How small and insignificant you fell, yet despite this, how empowering it is. With the tempo of the music and the way he sings, you can easily tell that this is far from a lament. It is more of a joyous recollection of the seemingly boundless universe around us.

I know each and every time I I look up at the stars I feel this way. Each time I ponder the bizarre movements of the quantum realm or the great distances and speeds of the relativistic world. Or even looking at a far more limited region such as our own planet. Inspiring thoughts of the deep ocean and all the mysteries it still holds.

It is this wonder that has driven us on to understand the workings of the universe around us. Because of this curiosity, I can say I understand how the strong nuclear force works or how the Moon creates the tidal cycle on Earth. It is all from this sense of being part of something more and our desire to comprehend that has pushed us to reach for these lofty goals. And it will only be with such awe and wonder that we shall unravel more of nature's myriad mysteries.