I’d Save the Smart Ones (They Were Right)

Lyrics

[Intro – soft piano, distant church bells]
{Verse 1}
🎶 Giordano stood on burning ground,
For daring to say the stars went ‘round…
Galileo peeped through glass—
But had to kiss the Pope’s dumb—past. 🎶

[Power chords swell in]

{Verse 2}
🎶 But if I had a time machine,
Oh you bet I’d intervene—
I’d bust through stained-glass windows wide
With Dieter in a suit and snide! 🎶
[(Dieter meows dramatically)]

🎶 Bruno? Babe, get off that stake!
We’re building rockets—fuck the fake.
Galileo, grab your scope,
We’re bouncing now—abandon Pope! 🎶


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{Chorus}
[Drums kick in, heroic synth rise]
🎶 I’d save the smart ones, ride the night,
Drag ‘em from flames into the light!
Their minds were vast, their world was true,
They just got screwed by a churchy crew. 🎶

🎶 Small minds feared stars and math and facts,
But I bring snacks and science slaps!
Their crime was being brilliant, bright—
I’d save the smart ones... ‘Cause they were right. 🎶


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{Verse 3}

Copernicus wrote the truth alone,
Kept it quiet, mind unknown.
He spoke at last, then closed his eyes—
And they banned his words with holy lies

🎶 And Hypatia? Oh my goddess queen—
They flayed her just for being seen.
You don’t need robes, you need a sword—
And glitter boots and a math award! 🎶
[(sword swish + cat paw swipe)]


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{Bridge}
[Violin solo over soft backing vocals]
🎶 This one’s for every genius burned,
For every scroll the zealots turned,
For every “witch” who saw the sky,
And whispered “truth” before they died. 🎶


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{Final Chorus – key change + choir}
[Full band + backup vocals]
🎶 I’d save the smart ones, fists ablaze,
Drag ‘em to freedom through the haze!
Rewrite the books they tore apart,
With Dieter drawing star maps—ART. 🎶

🎶 No more silencing the wise,
No more fear of open skies,
I'd save the ones who saw the light...
Because they were right. 🎶

[Massive final line, full choir]
🎶 THEY! WERE! RIIIIIIIGHT! 🎶