Marie from Reassembled by Lee Todd Lacks
"Marie" is an ode to Maria Sklodowska Curie, the pioneering chemist and physicist who in collaboration with her husband, Pierre, discovered the existence of radium and polonium. Madame Curie was the first woman ever to teach at the Sorbonne, and she is the only person ever to receive Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science. Pierre Curie was tragically killed on April 19, 1906, when he was struck by a horse-drawn cart while attempting to cross a busy street in Paris. I am humbled by the conviction with which my wife, Heather, reads this poem and by the powerful understatement of Tom Swafford's violin playing.
Tracklist
| 18. | Marie | 3:03 |
Lyrics
Enchanting…
Daughters of stardust
Beckon us towards their fragile future.
Can you see it?
A wondrous light for none to keep.
Will we bear witness till
our blood glows heavy?
Yes, once we reduce
rare earth to essence,
Apocalypse whispers in our pockets.
Can you hear it?
This whisper put an end to the war.
This whisper put an end to the world.
The century dawns so bright.
Why deplete ourselves in vain pursuit?
We can delve beyond the flesh,
to the bone, to the marrow,
to the clockwork of stars!
Must you leave so soon, my love?
Agendas and wayward carts might
rend you from my life,
but I swear, they shall not
rend me from our work!
I’ll catch infinitesimal traces
of unearthly power,
blessings that can’t be counted till
our thrill numbs our dread,
curses that can’t be lifted till
every half-life’s spent and
nothing’s left but lead!
Listen...
This whisper put an end to the war.
This whisper put an end to the world.
This whisper put an end to me.
