Lyrics Van der Graaf Generator

Van der Graaf Generator

Interference Patterns

All that we see illusory

every assumption based on blind faith alone....

On with the motley, bring it home!

Everything's formed from particles,

all that you see is a construction of waves.

Hold onto both thoughts,

under general relativity

the cradle connected to the grave.

Luminous Aether dissipates,

Michelson-Morley with a point to disprove,

Millikan oil drops

and the cargo-cult science evaporates,

improbable physics on the move.

Nearer and nearer,

it's clear that in interference

what happens when matter shatters

is wantonly quantum and nature's got

some surprises in store right now.

All that we are illusory,

every observance based on physical law.

Only a fool would think us

ready to face with certainty

all that our future's heading for.

Nearer and nearer,

it's clearer, we're only here for an eye-blink,

a psychic mind-trick.

The proofs that we use

are at best projections

but let's hope they'll see us through.

The interference patterns help us to know

the gap between a simple "yes" and a "no",

the heart-felt beat that gets us ready to go

and, as above, we'll find out what is below

the interference patterns.