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Holding out for a Theory

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and I dream
of what I need

[Chorus]

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

[Chorus]

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood


Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the super scientist
To prove against the odds?
Isn’t there an Einstein, to solve this mystery?
Late at night I toss and turn and I dream
of what I need


[Chorus]

I need a theory!
I’m holding out for a theory that will unify-y!
It’s gotta be true
And it’s gotta be fact
and it’s gotta be as real as "i"
I need a theory
I’m holding out for a theory till the day I die
It’s gotta combine,
The Laws of Einstein
And the fields of Quantum Phy-sics  (Quantuuum)

Sometimes after lectures
In Carslaw 403
Someplace that my mind can’t reach
The answer’s reaching out to me
Dancing through dimensions and round the LHC
It’s gonna take a superstring to bring me what I need

[Chorus]

Up where the universe is still unknown
Out where celestial beings might be
I would swear there’s a theory somewhere
Haunting me

Through galaxies and clouds of dead stars
and to lost Gallifrey
I can feel its approach
Like atomic decay

Elodie Moreau, James Kwong
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