FATHER IWANICKI Your friend does sound troubled, my son.
ELWOOD The worst of it was his strange, terrible dreams.
FATHER IWANICKI An intelligent man studying both mathematics and occult folklore… no doubt it triggered his imagination.
ELWOOD It wasn’t his imagination, Father. I think he made some kind of deal with the Devil. He’d gained abstract mathematical knowledge beyond human comprehension! We were all astounded by it, especially our teacher, Professor Upham.
PROFESSOR UPHAM So many questions Science is a vast frontier Of theory scrutinized Deep exploration Of concepts we hold dear We equate and we describe
UPHAM + ELWOOD + STUDENTS Our calculations never end
GILMAN I’ve insight you can’t comprehend There’s a bridge to the stars Dimensions near and far I will go to a cosmos more immense There’s a bridge to the stars
PROFESSOR UPHAM Son, your notion’s quite bizarre
ELWOOD Walter, you’re not making any sense
GILMAN Just hold on! Mankind’s perceptions are constricted by his fears Blindness soothes your mind
PROFESSOR UPHAM Bold speculation, but your theory thus implies Flesh and blood of man survives Such entry to another realm
ELWOOD Bound creatures, we’d be overwhelmed
UPHAM + ELWOOD On your bridge to the stars Dimensions near and far
UPHAM I’m impressed, but it’s just a metaphor
GILMAN There’s a bridge to the stars And places very far It’s actual, and I can show you more
ELWOOD Walter strode up to the black board and effortlessly solved numerous Riemannian equations, which seemed to demonstrate the possibility of man literally stepping from one dimension to others of infinite remoteness. Professor Upham was astonished. I was baffled at first, but soon I could see…