Hank Green - Fermi Paradox lyrics

In 1950, at Los Alamos, a scientist was talking with his friends And the conversation had them all fully engrossed About this universe that almost has no ends And as they were all about to return to their study Enrico suddenly shouted "Where is everybody?" And he worked out a few simple calculations That indicated we should have been visited thousands of times At least, based on his estimations (chrous) Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox If they're out there, why don't we hear 'em talk? The galaxy just keeps on spinnin' With four hundred billion stars in it And I just can't believe that we could be unique When there's so much space in this galaxy Oh, I want Pandora's Box To be open, but instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox There are dozens of ways this paradox might be resolved And you probably can think of some yourself Maybe civilizations very rarely evolves Or maybe god sent them all to hell Or maybe advanced technology leads to its own destruction Or maybe species lose interest in reproduction Or maybe they're just afraid of what we'll do when we find out So, they're hiding until we grow a bit and don't have the same tendency to frequently freak out (second chorus) Oh, that's the Fermi Paradox If they're out there, why don't they talk? The galaxy just keeps on spinnin' With four hundred billion stars in it And I just can't believe that we could be unique When there's so much space in this galaxy Oh, I want Pandora's Box To be open, but instead we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox Oh, the question of whether there is more life out there As far as I'm concerned, is moot But it appears that the aliens do not use Foursquare And, no, I'm not trying to be cute Because the way that we listen is defined by our ears And the time that we've been listening just a couple dozen years We'll be lucky when we see them if we notice them at all Our cosmic phone could be ringing off the hook right now, and we're just not answering the call (second chorus) Oh, yeah, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox Oh, no, we're stuck in Fermi's Paradox