Atom (Reg Mombassa) - A science fiction speculation on the possibility that the earth and other celestial bodies are just atoms inside an impossibly vast creature that we could never see or communicate with and which would have no knowledge of or interest in the doings of such tiny sub-atomic creatures as human beings. It could also be a reflection on the difficulties and ridiculousness of our attempts to describe understand or communicate with some imaginary friend that may or may not be the super-god of the marvellously vast and terrifying universe we find ourselves in.

Lyrics

Atom
(Reg Mombassa)
Maybe the earth is just an atom  In the heart of a very big man
Maybe the world is next to nothing
Just another grain of sand
In some strange and faraway land
Where all the people are so big
They can’t be seen by us  And we would go unnoticed
By these great big people  By these great big creatures  Maybe we don’t need to be so angry
About so many things  Maybe we don’t need to be so crazy  In the pursuit of belief  Things that you may never see  All of those Gods and ghosts and goblins
Streaming around the fire  All of those fairies and demons
Churning in your mind  Messing with your mind So wake up foolish humans  You’re wasting too much time
Pretending you can change  The water into wine  All of those Gods and ghosts and goblins
Streaming around the fire  All of those fairies and demons
Churning in your mind  Messing with your mind  Marching up and down  Churning in your mind