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To me, "Science" is the "perfect" punk rock song and the quintessential Utopia Now song. It's about what I care the most (science and religion), it's fast, short, and sweet, and it sounds serious and urgent while still being melodic.

The song talks about the idiocy of many religious people's rejection of science when it comes to the theory of evolution because they unwittingly accept science in their every-day lives, for example when they take medicine or when they sit in a car or take a plane or even just set foot in a house. You simply cannot live today without basing everything on science. And religious people do this just the same. They just don't notice it. They only notice science when it seems to directly oppose their most cherished, crackpot beliefs.

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Centuries of work
form the fabric of our world.
Every second every day
ghosts of ages accompany
the most routine sub-radar banalities,
sweat and hope battling ferocious maladies.
Conscious or not, it (science!) runs in our veins!

The holy halls of lore
keep a shameful past in store.
Wisdom, intellect, and truth
mutilated and besmirched.
We’re disciples in the fane of convenience
sacrificing reason for mystical nonsense.
Conscious or not, it (religion!) poisons our brains!

Science,
you trust it every day,
when you go from A to B,
when avoiding gravity,
when facing a disease.
It's elegant and light,
but sober and forthright,
not comforting as night
where ignorance can hide.

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from To the awoken (2009), released January 31, 2009
Music and lyrics written, recorded, and performed by Stephan Serowy.

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Utopia Now Berlin, Germany

Utopia Now started out in 2006 but had been known under the name Indigo since 2002, sharing the stage with bands such as Lagwagon, Anti Flag, A Wilhelm Scream, No Trigger, Good Clean Fun, Venerea and many more. However, the band was short-lived and split in 2007. Today the band lives on in the form of an online solo project by the band’s founder, singer, and songwriter, Stephan Serowy. ... more

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