Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 93.
Song title: Milk-Route Midnight
Original Base by Base episode: 93: Bovine H5N1 Shows Neurovirulence in Mice
Article metadata:
Article title: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype B3.13 is highly virulent for mice, rapidly causing acute pulmonary and neurologic disease
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60407-y
Reference: Tipih T., Mariaappan V., Yinda K.C., Meade-White K., Lewis M., Okumura A., McCarthy N., Altynova E., Leventhal S.S., Bushmaker T., Clancy C.S., de Wit E., Munster V.J., Feldmann H. & Rosenke K. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype B3.13 is highly virulent for mice, rapidly causing acute pulmonary and neurologic disease. Nature Communications (2025) 16:5738. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60407-y
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Under cold fluorescents, the warning starts to sing
A feathered shadow learning how to sting
In quiet cages, the numbers climb too fast
Breath turns shallow, and the calm can’t last
Pre-Chorus
From lung to bloodline, like a runaway spark
A thin red river cutting through the dark
Not every answer fits in what we know
But you can feel it moving as it goes
Chorus
It’s in the lungs, it’s in the brain—too close, too near
A bright-screen siren in the static of our fear
Trace that thread, don’t look away, don’t freeze
Name the path, break the chain, hold the line with me
Verse 2
A swallow of the wrong thing—then the world tilts strange
Same virus, new doorway, same ruthless change
One strain hits harder, like it found a key
Turns air to thunder, steals your gravity
Bridge
Cytokine rain in the midnight sky
Signals flaring where the defenses rise
We don’t claim the map is finished or complete
But we can test the shields before the next stampede
Final Chorus
It’s in the lungs, it’s in the brain—too close, too near
A bright-screen siren in the static of our fear
Run the model, run the trials, make the answers breathe
Catch the spark, close the gate—hold the line with me
