Imitosis lyrics

I really love this song, so i want to express what it means to me.

Bird as usual likes to play with words, and some of it's there for rhyming value, but it all contributes to a greater sense of the music. Who is professor pynchon? What is he studying, exactly? I think we get the idea that he is some sort of biologist, examining both the ecological and molecular sides of the field. So what does any of this have to do with the meaning of the song?

Ever look at bacteria or single-celled organisms under a microscope and watch them behave towards each other? They're frighteningly violent. And by looking through a microscope, we see a reflection of our macroscopic world; we see ourselves in that helter-skelter universe of violence and death. But then, tell me, why is it that we can be so individualistic? That we have personality, that we can love, that we can be different from yeast cells congregating in their little tetrads?

We are all basically alone. And none of these human values mean a thing because they're all extensions of chemistry and biology. That's what pynchon seems to believe. That's what science might claim. But then if you so wish to quantify, professor, do so. Rationalize and tell us why. Why are we really human?

It's the ever-present struggle between the sciences and the humanities to truly define what is human. I don't think the song really gives an answer.

I love this song! It's so good! But i'm not really sure what it means!