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Renascence Lyrics
Ajam lives in the steppe
He loves the rolling hills
The warm dry winds
But his wife's love touches
His heart the most
Her grace surpasses even
The brightness of the stars
Her gentle voice soothes his mind
Pure love, pure love
Then came the sad day
Riders raped his wife
He lost his face
The elders decided
That she must go
Through tearfull eyes
He watched her leave
Should I renounce my pride
And follow her into death?
He decides and never smiles again
Adam lives in a big town
He loves his job
His car and his life-style
But most of all he loves his wife
Her endless energy
Her beauty her wit and charm
Then came the sad day
Her test was positive
He watched her lose her strength
He decides to cancel his job
For the rest of her life
He'll stay by her side
When the end came
He held her hand
And he told her that he
Always loved her and always will
He loves the rolling hills
The warm dry winds
But his wife's love touches
His heart the most
Her grace surpasses even
The brightness of the stars
Her gentle voice soothes his mind
Riders raped his wife
He lost his face
The elders decided
That she must go
Through tearfull eyes
He watched her leave
Should I renounce my pride
And follow her into death?
He decides and never smiles again
He loves his job
His car and his life-style
But most of all he loves his wife
Her endless energy
Her beauty her wit and charm
Her test was positive
He watched her lose her strength
He decides to cancel his job
For the rest of her life
He'll stay by her side
When the end came
He held her hand
And he told her that he
Always loved her and always will
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So many of Pitchfork's messages would be too sugary for a duet between Blümchen and Paul McCartney if they weren't cloaked in all that darkness, and none more than this one.
Choosing love, no matter what, is the only way to be happy. That's already a pretty sappy message. But why contrast Adam with a Stone Age tribesman instead of some other modern guy?
First, it makes the point that all the things we treasure about our advanced civilization don't matter. Not just the fancy cars, even things like not punishing rape victims with exile. Bad stuff still happens unfairly, so the most important choices in our lives are still the same as they ever were, and the right answer is still the same.
But it also makes the point that there is actually an advantage to living in the 20th century instead of 5000 years ago. For Ajam, choosing love would have meant probably death; for Adam, it just means trading his fancy lifestyle for a more austere one.
So that's what civilization is for: the freedom to choose love.
And that's what lyrics are for: a way to sneak ideas like that into our heads without us realizing how desperately sappy they are and cynically rejecting them.