The video for "Europa VII", an interesting song by the Spain pop group La Oreja de Van Gogh. Europa VII refers to a spaceship, like Apollo 11, and the narrator is the last human alive leaving the song as a recorded message.

I was a big fan of this group until their singer Amaia left in 2007. This song is from the first CD they released with her replacement and it's the last good thing they did.

I translated the lyrics and took some minor liberties with the interpretations. Lyrics usually look ridiculous when translated directly from another language.

The disconnection starts, the air and energy run out
There is no one in the controls, the ship floats about
And I, with sad reflection, review both science and religion,
I point out to the sun, that I used to live there

A small blue dot gets lost among a million sparks
it’s my planet, a light-day away, and a lesson in perspective
And I, scared to death in a corner, think about my civilization
I whisper in the command port that I used to live there

Then I break down crying and thousands of teardrops float about
I take off my flag from my space suit
And I write on the back that I belong to humanity

As the monitor indicates, I have less time left
To suffer the collision that brings me back to the firmament
And I, listening to the echo of my voice
Recording this retransmission
So that it plays in the future and serves as a lesson

And then I break down crying,
and thousands of teardrops float about
I take off my flag from my space suit and I write on the back
that I belong to humanity,
this fragile existence, miraculous and casual
The smallest life is worth a thousand times more than largest nation that was ever invented.