bring me to life

i stumbled upon this article in the ny times and i find it fascinating for some reason. it's such a pragmatic exercise. it almost whispers in a welcome to the catastrophes it intends to outsmart.

for more see here: norwegian seed vault

Doug Mellgren in Longyearbyen, Norway
Associated Press

February 26, 2008
A "doomsday" seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars, and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.


"Doomsday" Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says (December 27, 2007)
"The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy," Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told delegates at the opening ceremony. "It is the 'Noah's Ark' for securing biological diversity for future generations."

(See new photos of the vault.)

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya were among the dozens of guests who had bundled up for the ceremony inside the vault, about 425 feet (130 meters) deep inside a frozen mountain.

"This is a frozen Garden of Eden," Barroso said.

Arctic Air-Conditioning

The vault will serve as a backup for hundreds of other seed banks worldwide. It has the capacity to store 4.5 million seed samples from around the world and shield them from man-made and natural disasters.

"Bring Me To Life"
(feat. Paul McCoy)

how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I’ve become

now that I know what I’m without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
before I come undone
(Save me)
save me from the nothing I’ve become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead

all this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life