[Verse 1] Well, I've been working in this basement lab for seven years or more With equations on the blackboard that they've never seen before The department head just shakes his head, says "Son, you've lost your way" But I know what I'm seeing here will matter one fine day Like Galileo with his telescope, like Darwin with his birds Sometimes the truth takes longer than the time it takes for words [Chorus] I'm planting seeds in stone, waiting for the rain Building bridges to tomorrow while they think I'm going insane History's full of crazy dreamers who were right before their time I'm planting seeds in stone, and the harvest will be mine [Verse 2] The funding committee laughed out loud when I presented my research They said "Professor, stick to basics, don't go chasing what you can't search" But late at night when campus sleeps, I run the tests again And every single data point confirms what I've been saying, friend Like Tesla with his current wars, like Fleming with his mold The future's born in laboratories where the present's growing old [Chorus] I'm planting seeds in stone, waiting for the rain Building bridges to tomorrow while they think I'm going insane History's full of crazy dreamers who were right before their time I'm planting seeds in stone, and the harvest will be mine [Verse 3] My wife says "Honey, maybe they have got a point to make" My children wonder why their daddy works for honor's sake The neighbors think I'm stubborn, and my colleagues think I'm through But when you see what I've been seeing, well, what else you gonna do? Like Pasteur with his tiny germs, like Wegener with his drift Sometimes you gotta stand alone until the paradigm can shift [Bridge] They called Einstein's work "Jewish physics," they called McClintock's genes a joke They said the earth was flat and solid till somebody's spell was broke Every breakthrough started somewhere with a mind that wouldn't bend Every revolution started with somebody who would defend A crazy little notion that the world ain't what it seems Sometimes the only difference between madness and dreams Is time, just time, just time [Verse 4] I keep my notebooks locked away, my theories safe and sound 'Cause someday when the world catches up, they'll want to come around They'll say "We always knew you had it, you were brilliant from the start" But I'll remember lonely nights when doubt was in my heart Like Semmelweis and dirty hands, like Mendel with his peas The truth don't need your blessing, but it sure could use some peace [Chorus] I'm planting seeds in stone, waiting for the rain Building bridges to tomorrow while they think I'm going insane History's full of crazy dreamers who were right before their time I'm planting seeds in stone, and the harvest will be mine [Verse 5] So here I sit with coffee cold, surrounded by my work While younger minds move on ahead, I'm staying with this quirk That tells me what I'm seeing here will change the way we live But first I gotta find the strength that only time can give Like every rebel with a cause who wouldn't compromise I'm betting everything I've got on these experiments and whys [Final Chorus] I'm planting seeds in stone, waiting for the rain Building bridges to tomorrow while they call me half-insane History's full of crazy dreamers who were right before their time I'm planting seeds in stone, and the harvest will be mine Yeah, I'm planting seeds in stone, and the harvest will be mine [Quote] "My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work." - Gregor Mendel
