The Spirit Carries On

"The Spirit carries on" lagu yang dibawakan oleh band Dream Theater, penciptanya adalah sang gitaris, John Petrucci. Pertama kali saya dengar lagu ini dari seorang anak Mapenta Unisba angkatan "jadul". Entah kenapa ketika itu saya langsung suka lagu ini. Kalo istilah anak muda sekarangmah "soulnya dapet" dan "jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama".

Awalnya cuma tau lagunya selow dan enak buat pengantar tidur, tapi tetap di sisipkan melody gitar yang dahsyat dgn alternate picking ala John Petrucci yang seolah-olah menggambarkan "pergolakan jiwa" haha. Tapi setelah mengkaji liriknya ternyata dalem banget. Beuuuhh.. Mataaaff abiiss..

Lagu ini diambil dari album "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory" tahun 1999. Bercerita tentang seseorang yang bernama Nicholas dan wanita impian nya bernama Victoria, dalam lagu ini Nicholas bertanya-tanya bagaimana jalan cerita kehidupan, dari sejarah diciptakannya, kemudian dia menjalaninya dan adakah kehidupan setelah kita semua mati?

Para fans DT pasti tau lirik lagu DT banyak diambil dari kehidupan nyata bukan karangan belaka. Salah satu yg paling fenomenal adalah di lagu The Spirit Carries On. Lagu ini banyak memberikan pelajaran buat orang yang syndrome sama yang namanya "Kematian".

Kalo belum tau, dengerin aja..

Dan ini liriknya;

"The Spirit Carries On"
Music by Dream Theater
Lyrics by John Petrucci

Where did we come from,
Why all 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 "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm 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
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

"Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"

Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm here
It's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on