LYRICS
Do you prefer how the dragonfly flies
Or do you prefer how the crow flies
Asking how’s
Asking why’s
Straight as an arrow
Straits through the narrow
Dire
On fire
Flaming
Aiming
For the light
Why do bumble bees fly?
- Why-Bumble-Bees-Fly.mp3
- Why-Bumble-Bees-Fly-Instrumental.mp3
- Why-Bumble-Bees-Fly.MID (Casio WK-3500 with DSP)
There are many paths to scientific discovery. How do you imagine yourself flying?
In the song “Fly Away,” Lenny Kravitz sings,
“I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly”
“As the crow flies” is an idiom for the most direct path between two points. This meaning is attested from the early 19th century.
Bumble bees’ wings, “rather than being rigid aerofoils, consist instead of an extremely elastic and supple protein known as resilin. This can be stretched to three times its length without tearing, allowing bumblebees to move a relatively large mass of air using wings with a small surface area.”
Chords: F# / C# D# F# / A# G# F#; 120 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)