The Numbers Were Already There

Pi was pi before we had a name for it Circles were already round Triangles already held their angles Before a single human walked the ground

Did we invent it Or did we find it Was math already running everything And we just learned to read

The numbers were already there The numbers were already there

Gravity obeyed equations Before Newton wrote them down The planets kept their orbits Before anyone looked up from the ground

An equation written in a room in 1915 Predicted waves in spacetime We didn't hear them for a hundred years But they were there They were always there

The numbers were already there And we showed up With questions And chalk And wouldn't stop Until the board was full