Infinitude of Primes (The Inexhaustible Supply)

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[Verse 1]
Imagine you've collected every prime you know
Two, three, five, seven, let the listing grow
Eleven, thirteen, seventeen in line
Think you've caught them all? Here's Euclid's design

[Chorus]
Multiply them all together, add just one
The number that emerges can't be done
By any prime you thought you had contained
The infinite spring can never be drained
Constructive contradiction shows the way
New primes are born from every finite tray

[Verse 2]
Take your prison of primes, however vast
Multiply every prisoner, from first to last
Add one to that product, what do you find?
A rebel that slips through your perfect bind

[Chorus]
Multiply them all together, add just one
The number that emerges can't be done
By any prime you thought you had contained
The infinite spring can never be drained
Constructive contradiction shows the way
New primes are born from every finite tray

[Bridge]
Either it's prime itself, expanding your cage
Or factors reveal new primes on the page
Every finite net has holes to explore
The primes keep flowing, an endless shore

[Verse 3]
No collection, however grand or wide
Can hold all primes locked safe inside
Euclid's proof builds what seems absurd
Then shows that truth through reasoning assured

[Chorus]
Multiply them all together, add just one
The number that emerges can't be done
By any prime you thought you had contained
The infinite spring can never be drained
Constructive contradiction shows the way
New primes are born from every finite tray

[Outro]
The well runs deeper than you'll ever know
Prime numbers in eternal overflow

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