How We Met, The Long Version Lyrics - Jens Lekman

Nothing became something 

Turned itself inside out 

Subatomic particles became atoms, became stars, became galaxies 

The earth's crust became solidified 

The planets became perfectly aligned 

Jupiter blinked with its little red eye 

Oxygen replaced methane 

A party started in the ocean 

Trilobites and crustaceans 

A Cambrian explosion 

A conga line headed up on land 

Out of the water and into the frying pan 

A layer of iridium paved the way 

For furry mammals with big, beautiful brains 

The Congo River divided the chimpanzees 

The peaceful bonobos from the ones like you and me 

As soon we stood up, picked an apple from a tree 

Someone pointed a finger, said, "That apple belongs to me" 

And people fought and loved and died 

And everywhere babies opened their eyes 

And had their hearts broken, laughed, and cried 

Watched the planets slowly collide 

And one day I asked if I could borrow your bass guitar 

Not that I needed one 

But I didn't know where to start 

One magic night in an empty backyard 

You grabbed my arm and kissed me quick 

Under a heaven full of stars 

And that's the story of how we met 

The long version 

And you can call it fate or chance 

But we made it happen 

We made it happen, we made it happen