The original inspiration is the line “One day the answer came before the question” in the poem Golden Anniversary by Wislawa Szymborska

 

We are all together yet we are the only one

The years are filled with days and yet this is our only day

We each can only wait so long before the

longing for life overwhelms our ability to answer

To answer the question that came

Came to us long before

Long before we were ready for the

end, for to each of us the end comes and we must answer the question.