Beauty In Chaos Lyrics

As time progresses

Even the most imperceptible differences

In the starting conditions result in

Profoundly different trajectories

A chaotic system is one in which even a slight change

In the initial conditions can, over time

Lead to dramatically different patterns

In many cases, the slight change in the initial conditions

Can be caused by something as subtle as a cosmic butterfly

Flapping her wings

And this butterfly may be a quantum butterfly

With the intrinsic randomness of quantum physics

Making chaotic systems impossible to predict

Even in principle

Similarly, the trajectories of our personal lives

Could have been completely different

Due to an imperceptible difference in some condition

We are not even aware of

We get to live our lives only once

This life is the only life we will ever know

Our future has not been written yet