Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 149.
Song title: Bones to Branches
Original Base by Base episode: 149: Tracing ancient Y chromosome variation
Article metadata:
Article title: The study of human Y chromosome variation through ancient DNA
Journal: Hum Genet (2017) 136:529–546
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1773-z
Reference: Kivisild T. The study of human Y chromosome variation through ancient DNA. Hum Genet (2017) 136:529–546. DOI 10.1007/s00439-017-1773-z
Lyrics:
Verse 1
In a quiet box of dust and time,
We spark the code in a fragile line.
Bright screens bloom in the sterile light,
A father’s path in the dead of night.
Pre-Chorus
But the letters crack, the signals bend,
Old wounds in the data we try to mend.
We filter the noise, we steady the flame,
So vanished names can speak again.
Chorus
From bones to branches, we trace the thread,
A living tree from the restless dead.
Some lines hold on, some lines erase,
Turnover written in empty space.
We read what’s lost, we read what stays—
A Y-lit map through ancient days.
Verse 2
Shotgun rain on a broken crown,
Or captured targets that narrow down.
More overlap, but the frame is tight,
Missing new ghosts that fell out of sight.
Bridge
Late ice roads, the wide-world spread,
Old roots splitting, then forged ahead.
New fields rise, old banners fade,
Steppe-wind stories in iron shade.
Across cold seas, two letters remain—
Q and C in the northern vein.
Final Chorus
From bones to branches, we trace the thread,
A living tree from the restless dead.
Some lines hold on, some lines erase,
Turnover written in empty space.
We read what’s lost, we read what stays—
A Y-lit map through ancient days.
