Notes on "Messner" (2012)

Atop Nanga Parbat in 1978

Well nobody's perfect.

Nanga Parbat is the SEMI-final boss

It's bigger

And still breathing

The moment I wake up I'm already there 
　　'cause I am obsessed by my vision 
　　And if I would try one hundred thousand times 
　　I'll still have to roll up that stone 
　　 
　　Gravity grabs you by the hand and smiles 
　　but who can contain your ambition? 
　　and like a gambler's gamblin' all the time 
　　you'll still have to roll up that stone 
　　are you mother's favorite son? 
　　 
　　Once you cross the borderline 
　　the point of no return 
　　you'll see the world through watchmen's eyes 
　　you'll face the world as one 
　　the borderline till kingdom come 
　　should I stay or turn back home? 
　　 
　　And still you'll keep rollin' that stone 
　　are you mother's favorite son? 
　　 
　　[humming]

The moment I wake up I'm already there
　　and I will complete my mission
　　and if I would try one hundred thousand times
　　I'll still have to roll up that stone
　　
　　Once you cross that borderline
　　the point of no return
　　you'll see the world through watchmen's eyes
　　you'll face the world as one
　　and when it ends you'll have to burn
　　and then you'll reach the sun
　　
　　And the kids, they'll be jugglin' your bones
　　while your soul will travel on alone
　　you'll ride that beam of light home
　　yeah...
　　
　　With your mother and your brother
　　and your father and your sister
　　and the son of your daughter
　　will call you mister mister
　　with your brother and your sister
　　and the cousin of your father
　　and the neighbor of your uncle
　　and the babies they will bother
　　with the pink pony ridin' on the sky to the fountain
　　of a big big mountain that they call big big mama
　　
　　Still you keep rollin' that stone
　　rollin' that stone all alone
　　rollin' that stone all alone
　　still you keep rollin' that stone

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