See the Last Sunrise

3 weeks ago by @forrestwolf

Liner Notes

> [...] "I have seen and done a great many things, too many of which I wish I had never seen or done. And yet I do not regret being alive, for watching my students grow is a joy that has not begun to wear on me. But I would not wish to live so long that it does! What would you do with eternity, Harry?"
> Harry took a deep breath. "Meet all the interesting people in the world, read all the good books and then write something even better, celebrate my first grandchild's tenth birthday party on the Moon, celebrate my first great-great-great grandchild's hundredth birthday party around the Rings of Saturn, learn the deepest and final rules of Nature, understand the nature of consciousness, find out why anything exists in the first place, visit other stars, discover aliens, create aliens, rendezvous with everyone for a party on the other side of the Milky Way once we've explored the whole thing, meet up with everyone else who was born on Old Earth to watch the Sun finally go out [...] Life is not a finite list of things that you check off before you're allowed to die. It's life, you just go on living it. If I'm not doing those things it'll be because I've found something better."
- https://hpmor.com/chapter/39

Lyrics

While the light still lasts, while we're still here
Through what strageness comes to pass, let us see it clear
Let hope not leave us blind, let us not drown in fear

But if they tear the Sun apart, and if they drown the Earth in grey
There's no use giving up until that day

I want to see the last sunrise
I want to live a thousand lives
Not stop until the last light dies
I want to see the last sunrise

When the last song ends, write another one
And while your one life lasts, do not call it done
Even if it all must end, let it be well begun

If we live a hundred lives, and if we do all that once we dreamed
There will still be something more we haven't seen

I want to see the last sunrise
I want to see the end of time
Not stop until the last light dies
I want to see the last sunrise

I want to see the last sunrise
I want to see the end of time
Not stop until the last light dies
I want to see the last sunrise

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