A Ghost Story

I don't... I don't have a problem with it if it's two people in love. 100 00:58:13,774 --> 00:58:16,541 It's some sort of expression of, you know, kind of... 101 00:58:16,621 --> 00:58:20,758 It sounds like you don't think women should do that. 102 00:58:21,108 --> 00:58:25,367 If it's not gonna be that and it's not gonna make us any money, then why... 103 00:58:25,447 --> 00:58:28,202 And those are your two polarities? 104 00:58:28,282 --> 00:58:30,470 - Polarities? - Priorities or whatever. 105 00:58:30,550 --> 00:58:34,209 Money's just money. You gotta take that out of the equation. Now what? 106 00:58:34,289 --> 00:58:35,876 That's what I was saying. It's not just... 107 00:58:35,956 --> 00:58:39,631 No, no, you can find a reason. And I wanna find out what happens, too. 108 00:58:39,711 --> 00:58:42,801 So, no money. What have you got left? 109 00:58:42,881 --> 00:58:45,320 You've got... other people. 110 00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:47,722 You got Clara, you've got time. 111 00:58:47,802 --> 00:58:52,017 Time's a big one. But you've got about as much as anyone else, give or take. 112 00:58:53,015 --> 00:58:56,286 What about God? Maybe you've got God. Do you? 113 00:58:56,394 --> 00:58:58,533 - What? Have God? - Yes. 114 00:58:58,613 --> 00:59:01,434 - No. - Okay. 115 00:59:01,958 --> 00:59:04,228 Well, here's how I break it down. 116 00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:08,575 A writer writes a novel. A songwriter writes a song. 117 00:59:09,198 --> 00:59:11,662 A symphonist writes a symphony... 118 00:59:11,742 --> 00:59:16,623 ...which is maybe the best example because all the best ones were written for God. 119 00:59:17,891 --> 00:59:21,948 So, tell me what happens if Beethoven's writing his "Ninth Symphony..." 120 00:59:22,028 --> 00:59:26,450 ...and suddenly he wakes up one day and realizes that God doesn't exist. 121 00:59:27,133 --> 00:59:31,717 So, suddenly all of these notes and chords and harmonies that were intended to... 122 00:59:31,797 --> 00:59:34,409 ...you know, supersede the flesh... 123 00:59:34,489 --> 00:59:36,937 ...you realize, "Oh, that's just physics." 124 00:59:37,017 --> 00:59:39,408 So Beethoven says, "Shoot... 125 00:59:39,488 --> 00:59:42,778 "...God doesn't exist, so I guess I'm writing this for other people. 126 00:59:42,858 --> 00:59:45,488 It's just nuts and bolts now." 127 00:59:45,568 --> 00:59:48,508 He didn't have any children, that I can recall... 128 00:59:48,588 --> 00:59:50,802 - ...but if he did... - He had a nephew. 129 00:59:50,882 --> 00:59:53,912 - He had a what? - A nephew, he had a nephew. 130 00:59:55,444 --> 00:59:58,209 Okay. Great. So he writes it for him. 131 00:59:58,289 --> 01:00:00,167 Or Immortal Beloved. 132 01:00:00,641 --> 01:00:03,398 Yes. Or for whoever that was. 133 01:00:03,478 --> 01:00:06,904 But let's leave love out of this and let's wrap this all up... 134 01:00:07,034 --> 01:00:08,878 ...under the blanket of someone thinking... 135 01:00:09,108 --> 01:00:11,782 "...This is something that they'll remember me for." 136 01:00:12,262 --> 01:00:13,909 And they did. And we do. 137 01:00:13,989 --> 01:00:17,621 And sure enough, we do what we can to endure. 138 01:00:17,701 --> 01:00:20,399 We build our legacy piece by piece... 139 01:00:20,479 --> 01:00:22,691 ...and maybe the whole world will remember you... 140 01:00:22,771 --> 01:00:24,787 ...or maybe just a couple of people, but... 141 01:00:24,867 --> 01:00:29,573 ...you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone. 142 01:00:29,653 --> 01:00:33,862 And so we're still reading this book... 143 01:00:34,242 --> 01:00:37,185 ...we're still singing the song, and kids remember their parents... 144 01:00:37,265 --> 01:00:40,601 ...and their grandparents and everyone's got their family tree... 145 01:00:40,681 --> 01:00:44,104 ...and Beethoven's got his symphony, and we've got it too. 146 01:00:44,184 --> 01:00:47,041 And everyone will keep listening to it f... 147 01:00:47,421 --> 01:00:50,242 ...for the foreseeable future. But... 148 01:00:51,025 --> 01:00:55,917 ...that's where things start breaking down, because your kids... 149 01:00:55,997 --> 01:00:57,727 ...do you have kids? 150 01:00:57,807 --> 01:01:00,856 Wait, who here has kids? 151 01:01:00,936 --> 01:01:05,109 You? Your kids are gonna die. Yours too. Yours too. 152 01:01:05,189 --> 01:01:09,086 Hey, just sayin'. They're all gonna die, and their kids will die... 153 01:01:09,166 --> 01:01:10,798 ...and so on, and so on. 154 01:01:10,878 --> 01:01:15,202 And then there's gonna be one big-one big tectonic shift. 155 01:01:15,282 --> 01:01:19,112 Yosemite will blow and the Western plates will shift, and the oceans will rise,... 156 01:01:19,192 --> 01:01:23,211 ...the mountains will fall, and 90% of humanity will be gone. 157 01:...