Apparently the sun’s spectral absorbtion lines were discovered 4 years before the song was made
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mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Hey buddy, they admitted they didn’t know what the star even was.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
lobut@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Literally the next line.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They thought it was made of carbon.
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Huh for some reason I’d never considered that fact that the songwriter would have no idea what a star consisted of. Just a mysterious light in the sky.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Interesting, I think of the lyrics as describing the way a baby or toddler feels when looking at the stars. They don’t know what those bright lights are yet, they just know they’re shiny and too high up to reach.