Seeman --- Labman

This is a song by Rammstein called 'Seemann' .. I am posting the translation of the song..



Seeman (translation)

Come in my boat
a storm is rising
and the night is coming
Where do you want to go
(quite alone you are drifting away),
give it up
Who will hold your hand
when it
pulls you under

Where do you want you want to go
So boundless,
the cold sea
Come in my boat,
The wind of autumn
keeps the sails stiff

Now you are standing by the lantern
with tears in your face
The daylight falls to the side
The autumn wind sweeps empty the streets

Now you are standing by the lantern
with tears in your face
The evening light chases the shadows away
Time stands still and fall is coming

Come in my boat
Yearning becomes
the helmsmen
Come in my boat
the best sailor
was I

Now you are standing by the lantern
with tears in your face
You take the fire from the candle
Time stands still and fall is coming

They only spoke of your mother
so merciless is only the night
In the end I'm left alone
The time stands still
and I am cold







Given the current dearth of funding for the PI's and its effects on a grad student, i come up with this: (Once again, forgive me Rammstein)

Labman


Come in my lab,
a project is rising
and a grant is coming
where do you want to go?
(quite alone you are rotating away)
give it up
who will hold your hand
when you
fail to find a lab

where do you want to go,
so lab-less
the poor grad

come in my lab,
the grant of NIH,
keeps the consumables still

Now you are standing by the culture hood,
with media in your plates,
the uv light falls to the side
the seventy percent sweeps clean the hood

Now you are standing by the culture hood,
with media in your plates
the NIH takes the grants away
project stands still and there is no funding

come in my lab
earning becomes
the main plan
come in my lab,
the best PI,
was I

Now you are standing by the culture hood,
with media in your plates
you take the stipend from the department
project stands still and there is no funding

They only spoke of your project
so merciless is only the NIH
project stands still
and I am poor