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The Centre of the Universe

from A Grand Adventure by Chris Harris

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This was written as the initial imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope started coming in, revealing images from objects that were billions of light years distant. Someone asked online how the team had known what direction to look in to be able to see that far back. It's an intelligent question, and the answer is counter-intuitive: it doesn't matter. Whichever direction you look, you can gaze out to the beginning of time.

But really, this is a cheesy love song.

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Someone asked today
how NASA knew which way
to point James Webb to see the oldest stars
They won't take this to heart
but it's not that they were smart
it's 'cause whichever way you look, that's where they are

As a science whiz
You know space is all there is
(if you're not, then this will make you go cross-eyed)
Creation is profound
but it isn't really round
There is no edge, and you can never get outside

No matter where you happen to stand,
whether here or in far Timbuktu
You'll always see the Universe expand
in all directions equally away from you

Space is going to break your brain the way that it unfolds
(and if this don't make you crazy, it's your loss)
Although the Universe is less than 14 billion years old
It's 92 billion light years across

There is no more debate
Big Bang's beaten Steady State
but the one thing that I wish to make quite clear
I do not need a chart
to know the Universe's heart
is wherever you are sitting now, my dear

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from A Grand Adventure, released August 3, 2023

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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