{"id":1988,"date":"2011-10-07T10:14:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2011-10-07T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:14:33","slug":"the-spirit-carries-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/?p=1988","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit Carries On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I dedicated this song to Steve Jobs (1955 &#8211; 2011)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Spirit Carries On<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong> by Dream Theater<br \/>\n<strong>Lyrics<\/strong> by John Petrucci<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicholas:<\/em><br \/>\nWhere did we come from?<br \/>\nWhy are we here?<br \/>\nWhere do we go when we die?<br \/>\nWhat lies beyond<br \/>\nAnd what lay before?<br \/>\nIs anything certain in life?<\/p>\n<p>They say, \u201clife is too short,\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthe here and the now\u201d<br \/>\nAnd \u201cyou\u2019re only given one shot\u201d<br \/>\nBut could there be more,<br \/>\nHave I lived before,<br \/>\nOr could this be all that we\u2019ve got?<\/p>\n<p>If I die tomorrow<br \/>\nI\u2019d be allright<br \/>\nBecause I believe<br \/>\nThat after we\u2019re gone<br \/>\nThe spirit carries on<\/p>\n<p>I used to be frightened of dying<br \/>\nI used to think death was the end<br \/>\nBut that was before<br \/>\nI\u2019m not scared anymore<br \/>\nI know that my soul will transcend<\/p>\n<p>I may never find all the answers<br \/>\nI may never understand why<br \/>\nI may never prove<br \/>\nWhat I know to be true<br \/>\nBut I know that I still have to try<\/p>\n<p>If I die tomorrow<br \/>\nI\u2019d be allright<br \/>\nBecause I believe<br \/>\nThat after we\u2019re gone<br \/>\nThe spirit carries on<\/p>\n<p><em>Victoria:<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cmove on, be brave<br \/>\nDon\u2019t weep at my grave<br \/>\nBecause I am no longer here<br \/>\nBut please never let<br \/>\nYour memory of me disappear\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicholas:<\/em><br \/>\nSafe in the light that surrounds me<br \/>\nFree of the fear and the pain<br \/>\nMy questioning mind<br \/>\nHas helped me to find<br \/>\nThe meaning in my life again<br \/>\nVictoria\u2019s real<br \/>\nI finally feel<br \/>\nAt peace with the girl in my dreams<br \/>\nAnd now that I\u2019m here<br \/>\nIt\u2019s perfectly clear<br \/>\nI found out what all of this means<\/p>\n<p>If I die tomorrow<br \/>\nI\u2019d be allright<br \/>\nBecause I believe<br \/>\nThat after we\u2019re gone<br \/>\nThe spirit carries on<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Scenes-From-a-Memory.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1989\" title=\"Scenes From a Memory\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Scenes-From-a-Memory-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Dream Theater<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Metropolis PT 2: Scenes From A Memory<\/strong><br \/>\n1999<\/p>\n<p>ACT II<br \/>\nScene Eight: <strong>The Spirit Carries On<br \/>\n<\/strong>Produced by <strong>Mike Portnoy<\/strong> and <strong>John Petrucci<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0e1f\u0e31\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e25\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e19\u0e35\u0e48 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-J6PPkKBXoU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dedicated this song to Steve Jobs (1955 &#8211; 2011) The Spirit Carries On Music by Dream Theater Lyrics by John Petrucci Nicholas: 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, \u201clife is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/?p=1988\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Spirit Carries On<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monologue","category-scratchpad","tag-lyric"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.9digits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}