I drop a single grain of sand upon the wooden floor (That’s one!)
I drop a second grain of sand beside the one before (That’s two!)
I’m looking at the two of them, I hold them in my hand
It isn’t yet a mountain, just a couple grains of sand
I add a third, I add a fourth, I add a number five
I’m trying to keep Aristotle’s logic all alive
He says a thing is what it is, and nothing else instead
But all these little paradoxes mess inside my head
Where is the line Where is the line
When does the water become the wine
If I take one away, is it exactly the same
Are we just putting a patch on the holes in the name
Grain by grain! Grain by grain
Losing my mind on the Megarian train
Tell me the number! Show me the math
Where is the edge of the absolute path
Look at your head, look at your hair, it’s looking very thick
If you remove a single one, it wouldn’t make you sick
You still have hair, you aren’t bald, you have a heavy mop
But pull another one away, and tell me when to stop
At what exact and single hair do you become completely bare
When does the definition shift, is anybody there
There is no number to be found, the language is a trap
We’re trying to measure oceans with a ruler and a map
Euclides is laughing in the back of the room
Watching the architecture fall into doom
Where is the line?! Where is the line
When does the water become the wine
If I take one away, is it exactly the same
Are we just putting a patch on the holes in the name
Grain by grain! Grain by grain
Losing my mind on the Megarian train
Tell me the number! Show me the math
Where is the edge of the absolute path
If a million is a heap (Yes!)
And one is not (No!)
Then somewhere in the middle is a single, solitary spot
One single grain that changes the state
One single grain that determines the fate
But it doesn’t exist! It doesn’t exist
We’re making it up in the fog and the mist
Where is the line?! Where is the line
When does the water become the wine
If I take one away, is it exactly the same
Are we just putting a patch on the holes in the name
Grain by grain! Grain by grain
Losing my mind on the Megarian train
Tell me the number! Show me the math
Where is the edge of the absolute path
Take away the rhythm guitar
Are we still singing a song
Take away the heavy bass
Are we still singing a song
Take away the clicking drums
Are we still singing a song
Take away the spoken words