Deep Symmetry

Music by KT Tunstall
Words by me

Well, old mother nature has a story to tell
So gather ’round and listen well.
(woo-hoo)
When spacetime began it was a tiny thing
With barely a hint of what it would bring.
(woo-hoo)

So we had to know what the rules would be
That control the universe’s destiny.
(woo-hoo)
If they changed with time and place or the way you face
Then we never could predict the simplest case.
(woo-hoo)

But I said, “No, no, no, no no no,”
I said, “No, no, that’s not how it will be.
No, no, no, no no no,”
I said, “No, no, we’ll have some symmetry.”

So the world will change as it always does,
But remain in three ways as it was.
(woo-hoo)
Three can transfer or convert, I hope that’s clear,
But they never just arise or disappear.
(woo-hoo)

Timelessness, isotropy, and uniformity are my trinity.
(woo-hoo)
And the two momenta and energy
Are conserved by that deep symmetry.
(woo-hoo)

And I said, “No, no, no, no no no,”
I said, “No, no, those are the ones for me.
No, no, no, no no no,”
I said, “No, no, they are my great big three.”

I said, “No, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
No, no.
What’s now will always be.”
No-no-Noether.
No-Noether.
Noether:
She was the one to see.

Limits to what can be
Are set by deep, deep symmetry.
Oh, the limits of what gets to be
Are set by deep, deep, deep symmetry.

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