Baba Brinkman - Interlude B lyrics

Yeah, from Gilgamesh to Chaucer
Via the Odyssey
This is philosophical narrative artistry
And somehow it still means something to us
As powerfully now as it did to people
Who’re thousands of years asleep
Here them speak through the modern lyricism
Technology is changing
Every couple years it’s different
And language is evolving too
Smooth and sinuous it’s only human nature
That remains continuous
That’s the influence of our natural history
People have the same passions
Now as past centuries
Whether it’s jealousy, greed
Lust or vengeance
We’re just the descendants of
Those who left descendants
The body disintegrates into dust and cinders
While the legacy remains
In memories and young infants
But who gets remembered
And who gets forgotten?
And whose line dies out
And whose gets to blossom?
That’s where the crux of the story resides
In the struggle to survive
And leave something behind
It’s the struggle to survive
And leave something behind