Granddad - I wished you could have been with me last night. You would have heard another tell me - ask me - to learn this about myself, as you would have asked too *** "No man, no madness Though their sad power may prevail Can possess, conquer, my country's heart They rise to fail She is eternal Long before nations' lines were drawn When no flags flew, when no armies stood My land was born And you ask me why I love her Through wars, death and despair? She is the constant, we who don't care. And you wonder will I leave her - but how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now How can I leave her? Where would I start? Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart My land's only borders lie around my heart" (Anthem, from the musical "CHESS")