I read this interesting article about the brain and sat down with my mandolin to write the lyrics for a song about this article: https://interestingengineering.com/science/first-mouse-brain-decision-map, called "Your Brain's Alive"
Hey there, pickers and dreamers! We're thrilled to share "Your Brain's Alive," a bluegrass barnburner inspired by a groundbreaking neuroscience study that mapped a mouse's brain at single-cell resolution. This song's got the high-lonesome twang of mandolin, violin, and guitar, weaving a tale of neurons firing and decisions sparking across the mind's vast frontier. With foot-stomping rhythms and soaring harmonies, it celebrates the wonder of choice and the global quest to unlock the brain's secrets. Crank it up, let the strings sing, and feel your own brain light up! Recorded with love for fans of bluegrass, Americana, and the mysteries of the mind.
https://adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/your-brains-alive
(Verse 1)
In a lab where the mice run free,
Spinning wheels for a taste of sweet,
Scientists trace with a watchful eye,
Your brain's alive as decisions fly.
Seventy-five thousand neurons spark,
A symphony glowing in the dark,
From deepest core to the edges wide,
Your mind's own choices can't be denied.
(Chorus)
Your brain's alive, it's a map of fire,
Every cell's a note in the choice's choir.
Steering left, steering right, chasing the dream,
Your mind's a blaze, it's a living stream.
From single cells to the whole wide brain,
Decisions dance like a sweet refrain.
A first in science, a global quest,
Your brain's alive, it's the mind's own zest.
(Verse 2)
Twenty-two labs, their hearts align,
Melding their data, their souls, their minds.
From Princeton's spark to the world's embrace,
They map your thoughts in a neural space.
Probes catch the pulse, the electric hum,
Of every choice where your will comes from.
Regions once silent now sing with might,
Your brain's alive in the lab's soft light.
(Chorus)
Your brain's alive, it's a map of fire,
Every cell's a note in the choice's choir.
Steering left, steering right, chasing the dream,
Your mind's a blaze, it's a living stream.
From single cells to the whole wide brain,
Decisions dance like a sweet refrain.
A first in science, a global quest,
Your brain's alive, it's the mind's own zest.
(Bridge)
Faint striped circles, a choice to weigh,
Your past lights up to guide the way.
Not just motion, but thought's design,
Your brain's a chorus, a spark divine.
Witten, Engel, and Pillow's team,
They wove the map of your mind's own gleam.
A dataset vast, for the world to see,
Your brain's alive, set free to be.
(Chorus)
Your brain's alive, it's a map of fire,
Every cell's a note in the choice's choir.
Steering left, steering right, chasing the dream,
Your mind's a blaze, it's a living stream.
From single cells to the whole wide brain,
Decisions dance like a sweet refrain.
A first in science, a global quest,
Your brain's alive, it's the mind's own zest.
(Outro)
Here's to the mice, the wheels they spin,
To the fire of thought where your life begins.
A map of your mind, the first of its kind,
Your brain's alive-what will we find?
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