V is for Saviour

Lyrics

[Spoken – Intro] 🎤 If you ate food today… You better thank this random Russian scientist guy. And listen to his damn story. It’s a good one... I promise. Haha. --- [Music starts – steady beat with rising strings or folk guitar] --- {Verse 1} 🎶 Some people in the world leave a mark, leave a legacy. While others just leave us... needing therapy. Food isn’t magic. Not an accident at all. It’s time to thank Nikolai Vavilov. --- {Verse 2} 🎶 Ooooh, in Russia back in 1887, Was a badass man… sent straight from Heaven. He didn’t fuck around with leisure or hobbies— He just spent his life trying to feed everybody! --- {Verse 3} 🎶 He traveled the world, all around the globe, Looking for food’s ancestral homes. Told us all about genes and genetic advances— Too bad it caught… a few shitty glances. --- {Verse 4} 🎶 Now, Lysenko was his buddy, his protégé and friend. Got real jealous, betrayed him in the end. He told Stalin that Vavilov wasn’t it, Said he had the answers... but he was full of shit. Dude said that soaking seeds in ice water Was gonna save the country from starvation’s slaughter. (Yeah, okay.) Now Nikolai’s only crime was refusing to lie. He stood up for science. Held it in the light. The man who did more to feed the world… Was starved to death in a cell… while lies were hurled. --- 🎤 (Spoken interjection) Stalin was a jackass. We all know that part. But did you know how he stomped out this man who had heart? (Asshole!!) --- 🎵 {CHORUS} 🎶 He saved the seeds so the world could grow, While liars rose and heroes froze. He gave his life so the truth could thrive— So we could still have dinner time. 🎶 --- {Spoken Word – Bridge} 🎤 Vavilov built a bank—but not for cash. A vault of seeds, in case shit crashed. While kings were hoarding gold and fame— He hoarded beans. Remember his name. Not diamonds. Not pearls. Just wheat and corn. The stuff that keeps the world reborn. So if you’ve eaten food today... Bow your head. Don’t look away. The vault still stands. His body’s gone. But his legacy? Still growin’ strong. --- {Half-Sung Line – Quiet, poignant} 🎶 Holodomor was real. And easy to prevent. All because egos... wouldn’t relent. 🎶 --- {Final Chorus – Strong, with emotion} 🎶 He saved the seeds so the world could grow, While liars rose and heroes froze. He gave his life so the truth could thrive— So we could still have dinner time. 🎶 --- {Spoken Outro – soft piano or silence behind} 🎤 To Nikolai Vavilov… And the committed botanists who gave everything so we could be here today... Thank you. 🩷