Schrodinger's Cat's in the Cradle (Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin)

(Schrodinger's Cat on Wikipedia)


A theory was formed just the other day

You put a cat in a box and then you walk away

And there's a Geiger counter that will assay

if there's radioactive decay

and there's a vial full of poison, and it will break

But we won't know the cat's fate yet

You know we're gonna have to wait

　

The cat's in the box, is it alive or dead?

All these quantum physics are hurting my head

When you gonna open it?

I don't know when,

We'll find out together then

The superposition will end

　

The universe split just the other day

And the cat died in one world, but it's still okay

in a separate world. But to my dismay,

we don't know which we're in. No, we just can't say.

The multiverse hypothesis clearly states:

while we don't know the cat's fate yet,

the worlds are not overlaid

　

The cat's in the box, is it alive or dead?

All these quantum physics are hurting my head

When you gonna open it?

I don't know when,

We'll find out together then

The superposition will end

　

In Copenhagen just the other day

Bohr and Heisenberg had this to say

"It's both alive and dead, concurrently, perhaps

Observing it, will make the wave collapse.

This is possible because of quantum mechanics

It's natural; try to not panic."

　

The cat's in the box, is it alive or dead?

All these quantum physics are hurting my head

When you gonna open it?

I don't know when,

We'll find out together then

The superposition will end

　

We've since been defunded, and the box packed away

I tracked down Schrodinger the other day

I said, "I'd like to open it if you don't mind."

He said, "Well, be my guest, but it's a waste of time

You see, the box was a metaphor, and the cat isn't real.

It's a thought experiment, but not real.

 Yes, it all felt quite surreal.

I couldn't open the box; it just hurt my head

The cat's alive and dead

It's both alive and dead

　

The cat's in the box, is it alive or dead?

All these quantum physics are hurting my head

When you gonna open it?

I don't know when,

We'll find out together then

The superposition will end

Hoth is Cold (Hot n Cold - Katy Perry)

I'm aware of my weak rhymes. But really, not a lot rhymes with AT-AT or carbonite.

　

You've changed your hair

No more cinamon buns

Yeah you, braided it

the rebelion's begun

　

And Yoda is green

Always speaks

Cryptically

　

I see a ghost

Obi-Wan Kenobi

　

'Cause it's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

You're ready to fight

The wampa is white

We fight the AT-ATs

We kiss, just like that

(You) You thought it was an asteroid

(You) But it was really a probe droid

'Cause it's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

　

Leia and Luke

they are twins

secretly

Anakin, he

is the big enemy

Used to be on the light side

They were told that he died

　

I should know that

He's not gonna change

　

'Cause it's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

You're ready to fight

The wampa is white

We fight the AT-ATs

We kiss, just like that

(You) You thought it was an asteroid

(You) But it was really a probe droid

'Cause it's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

　

Someone call a Jedi

Han is frozen in carbonite

And now things aren't quite right

Fleeing Cloud City

　

You changed your hand

'cause your dad cut it off

　

'Cause it's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

You're ready to fight

The wampa is white

We fight the AT-ATs

We kiss, just like that

It's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

You're ready to fight

The wampa is white

We fight the AT-ATs

We kiss, just like that

(You) You thought it was an asteroid

(You) But it was really a probe droid

It's Hoth and it's cold

It's covered in snow

You're waiting for dawn

Inside your Tauntaun

Pleistocene (Dancing Queen - ABBA)

Ooh

Moa birds

Mastodons

Bear dogs and diprotodons

Ooh, get in your

time machine

Go to the Pleistocene

　

Land is covered in ice and snow

Eleven thousand years ago

Ancient humans like Lucy

Giant ground sloths, too

and giant kangaroos

Don't get trapped in the sticky tar

The animals here are quite bizarre

Bears that have short faces

Gophers that have horns

History leaps off the page

here in the last ice age

　

This is the Pleistocene

Comes right af-

ter the Pliocene

Pleistocene

Giant beasts roam around the scene, oh yeah

Saber-toothed

Smilodons

Dire wolves and glyptodons

Ooh, right before

Holocene

This is the Pleistocene

　

Megafauna was strange, no doubt

but soon enough they all died out

Maybe it was hunting

maybe climate change

History leaps off the page

here in the last ice age

Cold Blooded (Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul)

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

　

You're the one turnin' up the heat, anytime he needs it

But you turn it down and then he's off and sunnin' in the road

You're the one with mice to eat, anything to feed him

Do you really think he wants to snuggle? He's just cold.

　

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

　

It was only yesterday, he was out there slith'rin'

Then he met a python and his loyalty began to stray

All the world's a heating lamp, he's been sunning with her an'

When it comes to hunting, pythons take his breath away

　

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

　

You could find a pet that's better, girl, he's an ectothermic guy

You deserve a fuzzy puppy, girl, he's c-cold as ice

Cold as ice, he's cold as ice, he's cold as ice

Stay away from him, girl

　

C-c-cold blooded

C-c-cold blooded snake

C-c-cold blooded

C-c-cold blooded snake

　

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

　

He's got milky eyes, know what that implies

Gonna shed his skin, girl, don't let him win

　

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along, and then he'll use his fangs

Oh to pump, venom in their veins, oh

　

He's a cold blooded snake, can't thermoregulate

Oh oh, he'll just sit and wait

For his prey to come along

Krypton Girl (Uptown Girl - Billy Joel)

(Yes, I am a nerd. I think we've established that by now. And I am a nerd who is really excited for the new season of Supergirl and who thinks Kara and Winn are adorable together. I'm not incredibly proud of some of the rhymes, but I got a rhyme for "Phantom Zone" that totally fits with the story so... I'm pleased.)


Krypton girl

She'd been living in her red sun world

And then destruction of her world began

and she was sent to care for Superman

　

That was the plan. But now he's all grown

'Cause she was stuck inside the Phantom Zone

She crashed on Earth, a normal life began,

And now she's working with an Earthling man

That's what I am

　

And she gets coffee and food for Cat Grant

Her sister was forced to kill Kara's aunt

　

She'll see I'm not so tough

Just because

I'm in love with a Krypton girl

You know I've seen her fly; she spins and twirls

She's getting sick of fighting Maxwell Lord

And all the aliens Fort Rozz once stored

She's getting bored

　

Krypton girl

You know I love it when her cape unfurls

If Jimmy Olsen's dating Lucy, then

She'll understand what kind of guy I've been

And then I'll Winn

　

And when she's flying

She's looking so fine

And I'm just sighing

I hope she'll be mine

　

She'll say I'm not so tough

Just because

I'm in love

With a Supergirl

She'd been living in her red sun world

As long as anyone from Krypton can

And now she's looking for an Earthling man

That's what I am

Byronic (Ironic - Alanis Morissette)

A poet turned thirty-six

He fought an army, and died the next day

It's a rabid dog who's passing away

It's a deformity; a foot with a crick

Isn't it Byronic, don't you think



It's inspiring Prometheus Unbound

It's a pet bear when they don't allow hounds

It's waking up, being suddenly renowned

Who would've thought, it figures



Mr. Don Juan was not afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase and kissed Ada good-bye

She spent her whole damn life on numbers and code

She died at thirty-six and thought

"Well, that's not that old."

And isn't it Byronic, don't you think



It's walking in beauty, just like the night

It's all that's best of dark and light

It's your cousin's wife mellowed in tender light

Who would've thought, it figures



Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

When you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when

You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face



A Maid of Athens stealing your heart

A Romantic movement, but ere we must part

It's like an epitaph to a dog you once had

It's meeting the girl of your dreams

And then learning you've got the same dad

And isn't it Byronic, don't you think

A little too Byronic, and yeah I really do think



It's walking in beauty, just like the night

It's all that's best of dark and light

It's your cousin's wife mellowed in tender light

So we'll go no more a roving



Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

And life has a funny way of helping you out

Helping you out.

Stuck in the TARDIS with You (Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel)

(disclaimer: I don't know offhand if the Doctor was ever in danger of destroying ancient Rome. I needed the rhyme)


Well I don't know why I came here tonight,

I got the feeling that something ain't right,

I'm so scared that we'll get lost out in space,

And I'm wondering where you got that new face,

Oods to the left of me,

Daleks to the right, here I am,

Stuck in the TARDIS with you

　

Yes I'm stuck in the TARDIS with you,

And I'm wondering what it is I should do,

It's so hard to keep these secrets I know,

and I'm longing for some real Christmas snow,

Boe to the left of me, angels to the right,

Here I am, stuck in the TARDIS with you

　

Well you started out on Gallifrey,

you're sad that you're the last Time Lord,

Your assistants and companions

follow you through space and time

Allons-y, Allons-y

　

Trying to make some sense of it all,

But I can see that it makes no sense at all,

It's much bigger inside your police box,

and I want to cause a bad paradox

Cats to the left of me, Silence to the right,

Here I am, stuck in the TARDIS with you

　

Well you started out on Gallifrey

You stopped the Time War by yourself

And your friends, they're counting shadows,

You regenerate and say,

Allons-y, allons-y

　

Well I don't know why we came to the moon,

I got the feeling it's gonna hatch soon,

I'm so scared that we'll destroy ancient Rome,

And I'm wondering how I'll ever get home,

Veils to the left of me,

Sky fish to the right, here I am,

Stuck in the TARDIS with you,

Yes I'm stuck in the TARDIS with you,

Stuck in the TARDIS with you, here I am stuck in the TARDIS with you