A Bowie-esque rumination on the Fermi paradox, the famous postulation in physics which asks why -- if the universe is infinite and expanding, and therefore statistically teeming with extraterrestrial life -- to date none appears to have shown up?

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Is There Anybody Out There?

The atmosphere and
Ozone layer and
Sunbeams and gravity means
Holocene means
Anthropogene means
Life on earth, yeah!

Space is an infinite and desolate,
old and cold place
Somewhere out there
In the distant dark
Consciousness awakes and says:

Hello, is there anyone out there?
Hello, is there anyone there?
Hello, is there anyone out there?
Floating in space

Oxygen
And hydrogen
Combine to make water
Amino acids
Got us started
As carbon life forms

Space is an infinite and beautiful,
canvass of stars
Light years away
From the Milky Way
New life awakes to say:

Hello, is there anyone out there?
Hello, is there anyone there?
Hello, is there anyone out there?
Floating in space

It’s a paradox
The Fermi paradox
Where is everyone?
It’s a paradox
The Fermi paradox
Where have you all gone?

Hello, is there anyone out there?
Hello, is there anyone there?
Hello, is there anyone out there?
Floating in space

Hello, hello, hello!
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
Hello, hello, hello!
This is Major Tom to Ground Control