[Verse 1] Two cells press together, no gap to cross, no delay, A tunnel built of connexons, cytoplasm meets halfway. Six connexin proteins twist into a tiny wheel, Пряма дорога (straight road), місток — electric, swift, and real. No neurotransmitter needed, no vesicle, no wait, Just ions sliding through the pore, straight through the open gate. [Chorus] Швидко, швидко, струм летить, Pryamo through the gap, no delay in sight. Bidirectional, туди і сюди, Electrical synapse, nothing holds it back. Шість коннексинів тримають міст, Signal crosses instant, like a secret twist. [Verse 2] Chemical synapse takes a half a millisecond, maybe more, Vesicles release, receptors creaking open the door. But gap junctions skip that dance, the current just flows through, Like talking through a tin-can wire — straight voltage, nothing new. It travels either way, no one-way street in sight, Depolarize one neuron, the other feels it just as right. [Chorus] Швидко, швидко, струм летить, Pryamo through the gap, no delay in sight. Bidirectional, туди і сюди, Electrical synapse, nothing holds it back. Шість коннексинів тримають міст, Signal crosses instant, like a secret twist. [Verse 3] Inhibitory interneurons in the cortex hum in time, Locked together, firing patterns falling into rhyme. The inferior olive ticks a rhythm, steady as a drum, Heart-like circuits pulse in sync, gap junctions keep the hum. Разом, разом (together, together), neurons beat as one, When timing is the puzzle, the electric bridge gets it done. [Bridge] But speed has got a price tag, hear the trade it makes: No amplifying whispers, no volume boost it takes. Can't flip a spark to silence, can't turn excite to still, A fixed and honest channel, only doing what it will. Надійно (reliable), просто (simple), але без гри (without the play), Pryamo, pryamo — that's the only way. [Verse 4] Crayfish feels the shadow, danger closing from behind, No time for slow transmitters, no time to change its mind. Giant fiber fires through gap junctions, tail flips in a blink, Escaping before the thought completes, faster than you think. When milliseconds matter and the body must react, Electrical synapse answers — speed itself, the simple fact. [Chorus] Швидко, швидко, струм летить, Pryamo through the gap, no delay in sight. Bidirectional, туди і сюди, Electrical synapse, nothing holds it back. Шість коннексинів тримають міст, Signal crosses instant, like a secret twist. [Outro] Connexon, connexon, six little proteins in a ring, Pryamo, pryamo — hear the current sing. No delay, both ways, synchronized and true, Electrical synapse — simple, fast, straight through.
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