Eightfold Way

Up and down, you walk as a stranger here
 And hide your most charming fear underground
 Trying to see the truth right in front of you
 Yet beauty has blinded you, kept you from discovery
 Foolish man! Don't ignore that there's only one flavor more
 Just one step between you and six on your quantum crucifix
 If you want to chase the tiny miracle that haunts you
 Then pick up your electron microscope
 And channel your deepest hope
 Have I offended? Let me rephrase:
 See the top? The view looks so lonely there
 Your method teaches you not to care
 Still, you can't stop
 Until you've saved mankind, squashed the plague
 Caused your own heart to break
 What do you think you will find?
 No, three quarks for Muster Mark weren't enough
 To lift the dark veil of elementary shame
 From the bottom of your atomic game
 Look ahead, man: don't you see that the legions of dead can
 Remember your genius for centuries?
 All it takes is your novelty
 Truth and beauty
 So strange, so charming