1. Heat was incredibly intense, it was unimaginably dense Humans can make no sense of it in familiar terms Phase change caused inflation beyond imagination Particles' transmutation constantly occurred No longer quite so hot, collisions then could not Create gluons on the spot, strong force became distinct Protons and neutrons were there, electron-positron pairs Very soon disappeared, antimatter's nearly extinct Chorus: Quarks and gluons, electrons, protons Neutrons and force fields, perhaps some dark axions Our ultimate ancestors, that's how we began In a hot primoridal soup they call the BIG BANG!! 2. Temperature became lower, collisions became slower Energy fell to where the strong force could now bind Neutrons stuck to protons, becoming nucleons The cores of simple atoms had been synthesized The neutrinos and the photons outnumbered the electrons, Neutrons and the protons by a billion to one Expansion continued cooling, gravity's incessant pulling Caused matter to start pooling into large, massive clumps [Chorus] Bridge: Atoms combined, photons now roam free Now we find stars and galaxies Planets and moons, and you and me This is our spectacular history! [Chorus]