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  Da Bourz

  5 years ago

  Where did we come from?
  Why are we here?
  Where do we go when we die?
  What lies beyond
  And what lay before?
  Is anything certain in life?
  
  They say, life is too short,
  The here and the now
  And youre only given one shot
  But could there be more,
  Have I lived before,
  Or could this be all that weve got?
  
  If I die tomorrow
  Id be allright
  Because I believe
  That after were gone
  The spirit carries on
  
  I used to be frightened of dying
  I used to think death was the end
  But that was before
  Im not scared anymore
  I know that my soul will transcend
  
  I may never find all the answers
  I may never understand why
  I may never prove
  What I know to be true
  But I know that I still have to try
  
  If I die tomorrow
  Id be allright
  Because I believe
  That after were gone
  The spirit carries on
  
  Lyrics by john petrucci
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  Hervé

  5 years ago

  Sorry, but it should be "that we will die"...
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  Stephanie

  5 years ago

  Well, Hervé, I did hesitate between "can" and "will". I prefer "can", because what I'm referring to here is the fact that we often act as if nothing could kill us, taking risks for example.
  
  So what I'm pointing to here is not so much the inevitability of death, but more our mortal fragility.
  
  Does that make sense?
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  Hervé

  5 years ago

  You are right. Each of our actions are (hopefully) neglecting this possibility.
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  Stephanie

  5 years ago

  Why "hopefully"?
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  Hervé

  5 years ago

  Well, I think it would be impossible to begin any simple action, thinking that we could not be able to finish it because of this possibility of death... So I think that we are able to be aware of it, but not to really consider it.
  
  For example, I sometimes fly with some of my friends (although i'm not a pilot myself), and I'm aware that VFR airplanes can crash, but I never really think of it while flying.
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