I can remember
how I was taught to speak.
Tell truth not lies.
Science and Liberty
go hand in hand.
The word of virtue
can save the world.
Chorus: Alas! alas!
we are all betrayed
words have betrayed us.
Death of a Wise Man
A brief summary of the script
Dr Sapiens remembers the failure of truth to prevent the war in Irak. Those who are destroyed by the war lament; finally, Sapiens becomes one of them.