Apparently unpopular take about Natural Science

I’m new to this sub so I’ve missed most of the song discussions. I saw how high Natural Science was and I had to stir the pot because I have some opinions. I put the following text in the daily song post but I wanted to write as a fresh post:

I wish I was here for this. The song does not deserve such a high rating. The music is absolutely stellar and is some of their most prog sounding stuff. But my god do the lyrics suck. They start off SO well with the beginning of life and the universe. This song had the potential to be one of my favorite Rush songs but the lyrics are some of Pearts worst. The part about people in particular is very didactic even for him. Like the idealism is fine but it’s presented in such a cheesy and incoherent way. Like “the most endangered species…”block of lyrics especially. Sounds like social darwinism or something. Ew. The only lyrics that resonate with me other than the beginning is the ending. The whole middle section should’ve been rewritten or even removed. I don’t understand how it ranked so high.

I would give it a 8 and that is entirely a testimony to both how godtier the music (love the different time signatures) is and how much I don’t like the lyrics. I’m not a big lyrics person compared to most and I usually don’t care if lyrics aren’t to my liking as long as the music kicks ass. But in this case it’s just all wrong.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the lyrics. If you think it all works or comes together, why?