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In service to a whisper of a chance
In service to a faint possibility
Our youths in careful study gladly spent
Dedicating our youth to thorough study
Our place on Earth, our yearning to advance
Defining our position on Earth and aspiring to progress
And under giants' weight, we giants bent
Bearing the burden of colossal challenges
Oh my god!
Expressing astonishment or disbelief
They hover there in their cold sun's embrace
They linger in the cold radiance of their distant sun
Forever with the light upon their face
Perpetually illuminated with light on their faces
We've never been so close to them before
We are closer to them than ever, yet questioning the purpose
But what is it all for?
Pondering the significance of it all
What was that little glimmer in the lens?
Noticing a slight gleam in the lens
Call the rest and bid them watch the sky
Summoning others to witness the sky
Begin the computations without end
Commencing endless calculations
We'll see the Sisters' shadows, by and by
Anticipating the shadows of the Sisters
What was it all for?
Reflecting on the purpose of it all
But what was it all for?
Questioning the meaning of it all
But what was it all for?
Contemplating the purpose once more
But what was it all for?
Reflecting on the significance again
Just when we thought we'd heard all that we can
When we believed we knew everything
Something momentous rises, and makes us numb
Something remarkable occurs, leaving us stunned
A simple, fairly ordinary man
An ordinary man, in his old age, says something foolish
In his senility says something dumb
They hover there in their cold sun's embrace
They persist in the cold light of their distant sun
Forever with the light upon their face
Perpetually radiant with light on their faces
We've never been so close to them before
We are closer to them than ever, yet questioning the purpose
But what is it all for?
Pondering the significance of it all
How could anything have mattered more
Contemplating if anything could be more important
Than party lines, Mexicans and wombs
Than political divisions, nationality, and childbirth
Than accidentally inciting war
Than unintentionally provoking conflict
And filling unknown soldiers' unknown tombs?
And burying unidentified soldiers in unknown graves
What is it all for?
Questioning the purpose of it all
One thousand brutal hours more
A thousand harsh hours more
But what was it all for?
Reflecting on the meaning of it all
Is the cave the life they're begging for?
Is a life in darkness what they desire?
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