It’s so direct, so god damned neat.
Euclid made straight lines logical and complete.
When Einstein revolutionised our thoughts on gravity,
People weren’t immediately attracted to his ideas.
They were too fixated with apples falling on Newton’s head it appears.
Still, in a short period of time—relatively speaking,
Einstein’s equations were proven sublime.
Buddha was supposed to be bright,
But he wasn’t fascinated by the nature of light,
And when he sat beneath a tree,
He made no scientific discovery.
It’s claimed he became enlightened,
Yet he could have just been frightened—
Too scared to admit that he’d wasted his time,
Been a lazy shit.
When Archimedes took a bath,
(We’re not supposed to laugh)
He exclaimed: ‘Eureka!’
Then went on to make a splash.
Perhaps, instead, ‘Excreta,’ was what he said,
After having a shit in the water—
Coming up with a fluid displacement theory,
Feeling that he oughta.
Trees and human destiny have often been entwined.
Take the biblical account in the Old Testament that we find,
Of the Garden of Eden—a latter-day Sweden—inhabited by Adam and Eve.
Do you believe there actually was a tree of knowledge?
If so, there was no need to go to school and then on to college.
A branch of mystical wisdom that now attracts Hollywood stars,
Pop idols and other famous cultural icons.
No one can accurately pinpoint the exact origins of religious paradigms,
But most faiths, with or without tree symbology, are rooted in fear.
Before falling out and discovering rune stones on the ground,
I don’t believe there were any witnesses around.
Nor do I set much store by myths about Thor,
Although I love the way he travelled by hammer!
Molijnar was the hammer’s name and if Thor threw it at something—
Just like a boomerang—back it came!
