What Can We Prove (Remix)

[Verse 1] Halley turns through ink and years, A silver question crossing spheres. Giotto cuts the dark in flight, And gives the distant stone a face. [Pre-Chorus] Fourteen point four two—measure, mark, A number written against the dark. But let the record stand apart From what the numbers stir in the heart. [Chorus] Gather the fragments, name what we know, Keep one eye on the proof below. Above and below, the old words bind, A map of matter, a mirror of mind. When the wandering body returns through the blue, The past asks plainly: what can we prove? [Verse 2] Babel rose, then scattered wide, Two sticks held fast on either side. A tablet crossed from hand to hand, From Arabic ink to Newton’s hand. [Pre-Chorus] One hundred forty-four upon the wall, A counted measure, not the answer to all. The comet, the channel, the cipher’s claim— Each needs its source, each needs its name. [Chorus] Gather the fragments, name what we know, Keep one eye on the proof below. Above and below, the old words bind, A map of matter, a mirror of mind. When the wandering body returns through the blue, The past asks plainly: what can we prove? [Bridge] The iron cools; the pages remain. The pilot reads, then tests again. No borrowed certainty, no final decree— Let wonder ask, and evidence speak. [Final Chorus] Gather the fragments, name what we know, Keep one eye on the proof below. Above and below, the old words bind, A map of matter, a mirror of mind. Halley will circle; the years will move. The past asks plainly: what can we prove? [Outro] What can we prove? What can we prove?