She was everything he needed, she made him feel loved
Inspired him to greatest achievement
Without her he might not have set this (old) world on its ear
With that cancer cure
But her father's father died in some battle, just a boy they buried with pride,
And her mother's father died in that same war, fighting on the other side
And so her father never was
And her mother never was
And so it goes
But you couldn't contain his brilliance, absorbed in his work
He kept loneliness from his mind
A grateful world considers him among the greatest minds that ever lived
(Or did he now?)
But his father's mother died when she was just a baby in a village in occupied France
And his mother's mother's mother was pregnant with her, when she died in a labor camp
And so his father never was
And his mother never was
And so it goes
And all the things that need to happen in this world but never do
They’re all the work of someone who
Never was.
Inspired him to greatest achievement
Without her he might not have set this (old) world on its ear
With that cancer cure
But her father's father died in some battle, just a boy they buried with pride,
And her mother's father died in that same war, fighting on the other side
And so her father never was
And her mother never was
And so it goes
But you couldn't contain his brilliance, absorbed in his work
He kept loneliness from his mind
A grateful world considers him among the greatest minds that ever lived
(Or did he now?)
But his father's mother died when she was just a baby in a village in occupied France
And his mother's mother's mother was pregnant with her, when she died in a labor camp
And so his father never was
And his mother never was
And so it goes
And all the things that need to happen in this world but never do
They’re all the work of someone who
Never was.
Contributed by Eric Wrobbel - 2013/3/11 - 20:12
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This quiet song delivers a powerful punch. It's an anti-war song that doesn't preach– yet it powerfully illustrates an unnerving fact: war's true cost to humanity is far greater than we can know.
Racconta la storia di uno scienziato che, con l'aiuto e l'appoggio della propria compagna, riesce a scoprire una cura per il cancro. Una scoperta che senz'altro cambierà il mondo e il corso della storia. Ma in realtà i genitori della donna sono morti in guerra ancor prima che lei fosse concepita, quindi lei non è "mai esistita". In seguito (nella seconda strofa) lo scienziato, che non ha alcun rapporto amoroso (dato che la donna non è mai esistita), si dedica completamente al lavoro e riesce lo stesso a scoprire una cura per il cancro. Ma è davvero così? In realtà i suoi antenati sono stati uccisi in guerra o in altri eventi (connessi con la guerra). E così alla fine si scopre che anche lui, lo scienziato che ha scoperto come curare il cancro, non è mai nato... Lasciandoci così con un senso di vuoto, di amarezza e sopratutto di riflessione. In altre parole: Non si sa mai dove vengono i grandi benefici per l'umanità, non sappiamo come una persona può contribuire, o ciò che i loro figli potrebbero contribuire, o i figli dei loro figli. La vita è troppo sacra e preziosa per essere tolta!
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