Song 2 of 26 - Seven Levels

The second of the 26 songs is called "Seven Levels". Scroll down below the following videos for the lyrics and a brief discussion of how this song ties into the project. A blog post which lists all 26 songs, including 1 video for each song can be found by clicking here.



A direct link for the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7r2NJop0cs


A direct link for the above video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riRuZFgRzLU


A direct link for the above video is at revver.com/video/211074/seven-levels-2/


A direct link for the above video is at revver.com/video/291617/seven-levels-ron-edit/


A direct link for the above karaoke version of this song is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcH7JAIxw0

String theorists tell us our reality is created by the interaction of a seven-dimensional brane with a three-dimensional brane. According to the visualization of the ten dimensions we're playing with here, our particular 3D universe is locked in at the seventh dimension, a similar concept. This means that although there are ten dimensions to reality, all there really are for our own universe is seven, with the seventh through ninth dimensions being what you navigate through to get to all the other points representing other "different-initial conditions" universes, and ways of organizing the information that is our reality. Once we navigated through those higher dimensions to some other different-initial-conditions universe, we could then see how that universe could have its own unique spacetime tree in the dimensions below, completely separate from but just as real as our own.

The interesting tie-in to this is that eastern mystics and a number of ancient belief systems also assign a special significance to the number seven as a level of highest attainment. This song plays with those ideas.

SEVEN LEVELS
Music and lyrics (c) by Rob Bryanton (SOCAN)

Paul announced it with a gleam in his eye
Timothy found it a-written on high
Sanskrit mystics, chakras too
Everybody says it so it must be true

There are seven levels, levels to the universe
Seven levels, from seven down to the first


First comes the point, a singularity
Impossibly small, as in geometry
No width or depth, a place to start
Imaginary construct, the very first part

Then comes the line of first dimensionality
The simple way from point A to B
The second is a branch, from one line to another
A splitting apart, it’s easy to discover

There are seven levels, levels to the universe
(move through 2 to travel to a 1)
Seven levels, from seven down to the first
(fold through 3 to jump to another 2)


Three is the curve, three’s our space
The world we live in, everything and every place
Now you find when you fold the lines
A to B is shorter, they can even collide!

And four is time, a line so narrow
Past to future, straight as an arrow
The simple way from one day to the next
A journey taking us from birth to death

There are seven levels, levels to the universe
(move through 4 to travel to a 3)
Seven levels, from seven down to the first
(fold through 5 to jump to another 4)


Five is a branch or a split in the line
Back to the future, a wrinkle in time
And this is how it’s always gone
We choose from five for the four we’re on

Cause there are seven levels, levels to the universe
(move through 5 to travel to a 4)
Seven levels, from seven down to the first
(fold through 6 to jump to another 5)


Six is the space we’d have to move through
To change reality: if we wanted to
Live in the world where JFK
Was never murdered, six’d be the way

And seven is all, a singularity
Simultaneous, every possibility
Every yes and every no
Eternity, infinity, impossible to know

There are seven levels, levels to the universe
(seven is infinity a formless bore)
Seven levels, from seven down to the first
(things get interesting here in four)
There are seven levels, levels to the universe
(seven is infinity a formless bore)
Seven levels, from seven down to the first
(things get interesting here in four)

Here are some other blog entries that discuss ideas from this song:

Seven Levels
You Can't Get There From Here
How to Make a Universe
Tens, Google, and the Expanding Universe
Death
Everything
Hard Determinism
FAQ 4 - Aren't there 11 dimensions?


Many of the videos for my songs are also available at YouTube, if you search for videos by 10thdim. You can audition and buy a high-quality mp3 of this song (and others by Rob Bryanton) at amiestreet.com. Included at amiestreet are 6 channel "stems" of this song and some of the others for remixing and mashups (and you can click here to play with a six-channel mixer that lets you audition and play with those stems). There is also an instrumental track of this song (and others) available from amiestreet for karaoke purposes. Finally, you can also download this song and other items from the tenthdimension digital store, and the items at that store are released under a Creative Commons license.

Next song: 3 of 26 - Burn the Candle Brightly