(a Trijan Refrain)

(From ideas stemming from Ted Chiang’s novella “Story of Your Life,” the basis for the movie “Arrival.”)

I remembered when you’ll be born
A life too short will be
Your passions I never will mourn
Part of a larger sea
You came to be because of them
From love and language given then
You came to be
You came to be
The future and past told me when

I remembered when you’ll be born
Stretching across all time
Knowing what will be I was torn
Still, you’ll always be mine
With words they gave new life to me
Concepts beyond what I could see
With words they gave
With words they gave
The start of an eternity

I remembered when you’ll be born
Always I held you dear
To the past and future was sworn
The language I could hear
You are my love though life be brief
That I can embrace without grief
You are my love
You are my love
Their arrival turned a new leaf

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