We Are All Connected

(Intro: Richard Feynman on hand drums)

[Refrain: Neil DeGrasse Tyson]
We are all connected;
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe atomically

[Verse 1: Richard Feynman]
I think nature's imagination
Is so much greater than man's
She's never going to let us relax

[Verse 1: Carl Sagan]
We live in an in-between universe
Where things change all right
But according to patterns, rules,
Or as we call them, laws of nature

[Verse 1: Bill Nye]
I'm this guy standing on a planet
Really I'm just a speck (I'm just a speck)
Compared with a star, the planet is just another speck

[Pre-Chorus: Bill Nye]
To think about all of this
To think about the vast emptiness of space
There's billions and billions of stars
Billions and billions of specks

[Chorus: Carl Sagan]
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it
But the way those atoms are put together
The cosmos is also within us
We're made of star stuff
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself

[Post-Chorus: Carl Sagan]
Across the sea of space
The stars are other suns
We have traveled this way before
And there is much to be learned

[Refrain: Neil DeGrasse Tyson]
We are all connected;
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe atomically

[Verse 2: Carl Sagan]
I find it elevating and exhilarating
To discover that we live in a universe
Which permits the evolution of molecular machines
As intricate and subtle as we

(Instrumental: Richard Feynman on hand drums)

[Verse 2: Neil DeGrasse Tyson]
I know that the molecules in my body are traceable
To phenomena in the cosmos
That makes me want to grab people in the street
And say, have you heard this?

[Chorus: Carl Sagan]
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it
But the way those atoms are put together
The cosmos is also within us
We're made of star stuff
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself

(Instrumental: Richard Feynman on hand drums)

[Verse 3: Richard Feynman]
There's this tremendous mess
Of waves all over in space
Which is the light bouncing around the room
And going from one thing to the other

And it's all really there
Really, really there
But you gotta stop and think about it
About the complexity to really get the pleasure

And it's all really there
Really, really there
The inconceivable nature of nature

[Pre-Chorus: Bill Nye]
To think about all of this
To think about the vast emptiness of space
There's billions and billions of stars
Billions and billions of specks

[Chorus: Carl Sagan]
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it
But the way those atoms are put together
The cosmos is also within us
We're made of star stuff
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself

[Post-Chorus: Carl Sagan]
Across the sea of space
The stars are other suns
We have traveled this way before
And there is much to be learned