Certainty - Piano Magic

There are more people alive now than have ever lived

I read that somewhere and instantly thought it impossible

But if it were to be true I wonder that

If we keep living this fast, no-one will have time to die

I’ve met people whose lovers died in war

And I’ve wondered what this helplessness could be like

One minute there’s a whole life entwined with yours

And the next, just a space and scattered clues

When I watch old films in which animals appear

I get sad because those animals are certainly dead now

And that certainty prompts my private epitaph

And I have to say it out loud

«That dog is dead, that cat is dead, that horse is dead…»