Reply To: Alternate Mandelbrot Set Lyrics
(Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician)
Repent all ye sinners! cried the trinitarian Christian!
(Every one of them is a splinter in my eye)
Every one of them a splinter of the crown
(I hate the Peano Space and the Koch Curve)
I hate the tempatations of the devil
(I fear the Cantor Ternary Set)
I fear the firey pits of hell
(And the Sierpinski Gasket makes me want to cry)
and the fate of the unsaved make me want to cry
(And a million miles away a butterfly flapped its wings)
And two thousand years ago a holy angel flapped its wings
(On a cold November day a man named Benoit Mandelbrot was born)
On a cold December day a man named Jesus of Nazareth was born
(His disdain for pure mathematics and his unique geometrical insights)
His disdain for worldly persuits and his unique biological birth right
(Left him well equipped to face those demons down)
Left him well equipped to face those demons down
(He saw that infinite complexity could be described by simple rules)
He saw that sins of all humanity could be cleared away with his blood
(He used his giant brain to turn the game around)
He used his giant heart to turn the game around
(And he looked below the storm and saw a vision in his head)
And he looked up to the heavens and saw a vision in his head
(A bulbous pointy form)
A splintered cruiciform
(He picked his pencil up and he wrote his secret down)
He wore a thorny crown and bore these burdens down
(Take a point called Z in the complex plane)
Take a man named Jesus in the place of me
(Let Z1 be Z squared plus C)
Let my sins be washed away
(And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C)
And let all sins be washed away
(And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on)
And let your sins be washed away and so on
(If the series of Z’s should always stay)
If you believe in him as you say
(Close to Z and never trend away)
Your sins will be gone, washed away
(That point is in the Mandelbrot Set)
That spirit is it in your heart yet
(Mandelbrot Set you’re a Rorschach Test on fire)
Jesus H Christ you're what we needed most
(You’re a day-glo pterodactyl)
You're a get into heaven waiver
(You’re a heart-shaped box of springs and wire)
You're the father, the son, the holy ghost
(You’re one badass fucking fractal
You're one badass fucking savior
(And you’re just in time to save the day)
And you’re just in time to save the day
(Sweeping all our sins away)
Sweeping all our sins away
(You can change the world in a tiny way)
You can change the world in a major way
(Mandelbrot's in heaven, at least he will be when he's dead)
Christ in now heaven, he resurected after being 3 days dead
(Right now he’s still alive and teaching math at Yale)
Right now he’s the way to heaven and it's really quite a tale
(He gave us order out of chaos, he gave us hope where there was none)
He gave us order out of chaos, he gave us hope where there was none
(And his geometry succeeds where others fail)
And his religion succeeds where others fail
(If you ever lose your way, a butterfly will flap its wings)
If you ever lose your way, a holy angel will flap its wings
(From a million miles away, a little miracle will come to take you home)
From a gazillion miles away, a little miracle will come to take you home
(Take a point called Z in the complex plane)
Take a man named Jesus in the place of me
(Let Z1 be Z squared plus C)
Let my sins be washed away
(And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C)
And let all sins be washed away
(And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on)
And let your sins be washed away and so on
(If the series of Z’s should always stay)
If you believe in him as you say
(Close to Z and never trend away)
Your sins will be gone, washed away
(That point is in the Mandelbrot Set)
That spirit is it in your heart yet
(Mandelbrot Set you’re a Rorschach Test on fire)
Jesus H Christ you are what we needed most
(You’re a day-glo pterodactyl)
You're a get into heaven waiver
(You’re a heart-shaped box of springs and wire)
You're the father, the son, and the holy ghost
(You're one badass fucking fractal)
You're one badass fucking savior
(And you’re just in time to save the day)
And you’re just in time to save the day
(Sweeping all our fears away)
Sweeping all our sins away
(You can change the world in a tiny way)
You can change the world in a major way
(And you’re just in time to save the day)
And you’re just in time to save the day
(Sweeping all our fears away)
Sweeping all our sins away
(You can change the world in a tiny way)
You can change the world in a major way
(Go on change the world in a tiny way)
Go on change the world in a major way
(Come on change the world in a tiny way)
Come on change the world in a major way