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[A capella Melody + SATB]

from "Powers of Ten"
by David Haines

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This world is an emp - ty world

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This world much thin - ner than air - - This

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world is an emp - ty world So far be - tween each

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thing and thing it's al - most not there Drift - ing in an empt - ty space as vast

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as some im- mense ca- the - dral Nu - cel - us as small as one fruit fly

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Weighs ten thou - sand times the weight of that ca - the - dral's stones so

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dense - ly packed those pro - tons and those neu - trons there in side This world

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pa - ra dox - i - cal world This world where no - thing is

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what i-t seems

- - - - - This world Pa - ra do - xi - cal world

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This world in - side the a - tom hides things stran - ger than dreams

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Whiz-zing a - round that nu - cle - us a strange e - lu - sive cloud U-
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bi - qui - tous e - lec - trons ev' - ry - where - - - Ab - sor - bing and e - mit -
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ting pho - tons as they jump from shell to shell Quan - tum leap - ing

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in - stant - ly in no time here to there This world sub - a -
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to - mic world This world ruled by fun- da - men - tal for- ces four
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This world sub - a - to - mic world
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This
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Strong, Weak, don't for - get it, Gra - vi - ty's fourth, there's no more

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world sub - a - to - mic world This world
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ruled by fun- da - men - tal for - ces four - - - - This world sub - a -
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to- mic world E - lec-tro - mag - ne- tic, Strong, Weak, don't for - get it, Gra- vi - ty's
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  fourth, there's no more E - lec- tro - mag - ne - tic, Strong, Weak, don't for - get it,

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