Same Atoms, Different Stories

Same Atoms, Different Stories Verse 1 Carbon in the branches, Calcium in bone, Oxygen we borrow From a world we do not own. Iron in the bloodstream, Minerals in stone, Different shapes and stories, But none of us alone. Pre-Chorus Break it down far enough, Past the labels, past the names, Tiny pieces turning Into everything we became. Chorus Same atoms, different stories, Different faces, different names, Different roads and different histories, Still assembled from the same. You can split an atom, You can draw another line, But why keep splitting humanity When the pieces intertwine? Verse 2 Atoms don’t know borders, Electrons don’t choose sides, Molecules don’t ask permission Before the oceans meet the tides. Hydrogen in raindrops, Carbon in the trees, The same small building blocks Make you and make me. Pre-Chorus We colour in the boundaries, Then swear that they are real, While underneath the surface There’s more alike than what we feel. Chorus Same atoms, different stories, Different faces, different names, Different roads and different histories, Still assembled from the same. You can split an atom, You can draw another line, But why keep splitting humanity When the pieces intertwine? Bridge Same dust in the mountain, Same salt in the sea, Same stars that burned before us Left their fingerprints on me. Same earth beneath our footsteps, Same sky above our heads, Yet somehow we keep building walls From words somebody said. So zoom right in… Then zoom back out… Maybe there’s less difference Than we like to shout. Build Atom by atom, Cell by cell, Story by story, We know each other well. Branch by branch, Root by root, Different kinds of living From the same old truth. Final Chorus Same atoms, different stories, Different faces, different names, Different hopes and different journeys, Still assembled from the same. You can split an atom, You can draw another line, But why keep splitting humanity When the pieces intertwine? Same atoms, different stories, Every life a different view, The universe keeps rearranging And somehow… It made you. Outro Different branches. Different names. Different stories. Same little pieces… Just arranged another way.