[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 "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?
[Chorus]
If I die tomorrow
I`d be alright
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
[Chorus]
[Victoria]
"Move on, be brave
Don`t weep at my grave
Because I`m no longer here
But please never let
Your memories of me disappear"
[Nicholas]
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has help 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
[Chorus]
If I die tomorrow
I`d be alright
Because I believe
That after we`re gone
The spirit carries on
Means
The
questions are presented
at the beginning of this song are the questions
that will make
us aware of
our identity as
human beings.
§ Where did we come from?
§ Why were we created?
§
Where are we
going after life?
If we want to reflect on
what the answers of
these questions, then we should be more aware
that we are
servants of God. Servant means to
follow, which of course must be submissive and obedient to God.
Where did we come
from? We are from God. Why were we created? To worship God. Where are we going
to go after life? We will go back before the Lord. All the answer, ultimately return
to Him, the One who created us. Is it all in life is predestined? Are
we ever lived
in the past before we turned on again
in the present?
Is it only once we are given
a chance to live? Life is
just a stopover while in this world. Realizing the
one that die is his body, not his soul. His soul will remain alive. This
means that even death is not the end of the actual life. Fear of death is a
natural thing. But
the most important thing is how we prepare our death. In
order for our goodness memories or what we have done can continue to exist even
though we are physically don’t exist in this world anymore.
In last lyrics we
can guess that enlightenment can be obtained through dreams that be perceived. About
freedom from pain and fear. About the peace of being surrounded by the light.
Because he has returned back to the origin of which he was created.
Then he woke up, and say ones again :
If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
Discussion
A.
Past Tenses
The simple past is used to talk about
a completed
action in a time before now. Duration is not important. The time of the
action can be in the recent past or the distant past.
Affirmative : Subject + Verb
+ ed
Negative : Subject + did not + infinitive without to
Interrogative : Did + Subject + infinitive without to
From
this song : Where did
we come from?
Example : Were they in
Iceland last January?
B.
Present Tenses
- To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:Exp : I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)
- To give instructions or directions:Exp : You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left.
- To express fixed arrangements, present or future:Exp : Your exam starts at 09.00
- To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:
From this song : Where do we go when we die?
C.
Present Perfect Tenses
The present perfect of any verb is
composed of two elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to have (present tense), plus
the past participle of the main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g. played, arrived, looked. For
irregular verbs, see the Table of irregular verbs
in the section called 'Verbs'.
From
this song : Have I lived before or could this be all that
we’ve got?
Example : We
have visited
Portugal several times.
D.
Conditional Tenses
Conditional tenses are used to
speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish
would happen. In English, most sentences using the conditional contain the word
if.
From
this song : If I die tomorrow, I’d be all right
Example : If my mother knows about this,
we are in serious trouble.
Exercise
In this questions, each number has four underlined words or phrases that are marked by (A), (B), (C), and (D). You have to identify the underlined word or phrase that needs to be corrected or rewritten.
1. Gita : You look so tired. Have you finished to do all the tasks today?
A B C
Sinta : No, not yet. I think I had better relax for the moment.
D
2. Teacher : What does your father do?
A
Student : He's a mechanic. He fixed motorcycles and repairs car.
B C D
3. Children should be accompanied by their parents when watching television. Some program often
A B C
broadcast violence whose may cause bad effects for a child's personality.
D
4. Due with the weather report, it will rain heavily in Jakarta tomorrow. All travelers should be very
A B C
careful on their way.
D
5. Receptionist : Good morning, Galaxy Continental Hotel. May I help you?
A
Guest : Good morning. Can I reserve a single room, please?
B
Receptionist : When would it be?
C
Guest : From July 2 to July 10.
D
6. Come to the opening of our stationery store this weekend. Get the greater discount ever.
A B C D
First come, first served.
7. Cristie : Children can obey their parents.
A B
Dea : I think so. Nowadays there's a tendency for children not to listen to their parents.
C D
8. Guest : I need to see the director. How can I getting to his office?
A B
Receptionist : This is the right floor, sir. It's room 115.
C D
9. Tony : What's up with you, Jane? You look awful.
Jane : I don't know what to do. There are so many victims of dengue fever.
A B
Tony : If I was you, I would clean up your environment to avoid the increase of victims.
C D
10. Syuli : What do you think the speech delivered by Mr. Smith?
A B
Salwa : I think it's motivated. We can take lessons of it.
C D
11. Andrew : I found my journey to Bali exciting.
A
Mario : If you had got bad travel agent like I had, you won't say that.
B C D
12. There are two big black Japanese motorcycles in the parking area. Mine is the one whose
A B C
has a Spiderman sticker on the tank. It's easy to identify.
D
13. That's my brother, Rudi, who has darkened hair and a fair complexion.
A B C D
14. Talita looks very busy recently. I would gladly given her a help, if she came to my house
A B C
and asked for a hand.
D
15. Ratih : Which one is Rita?
A
Ratna : She is over there, the woman whose is wearing a gray suit and a scarf.
B C D
