Emma Thomas - Man of Steel: Learning About Krypton lyrics

Recursive diagnostics complete. Guiding presence authenticated. All systems operational. JOR-EL: To see you standing there having grown into an adult... If only Lara could have witnessed this. CLARK KENT: Who are you? JOR-EL: I am your father, Kal, or at least a shadow of him. His consciousness. My name was Jor-El. CLARK KENT: And Kal? That's my name. JOR-EL: It is. CLARK KENT: I have so many questions. Where do I come from? Why did you send me here? JOR-EL: You came from Krypton,a world with a much harsher environment than Earth's. Long ago in an era of expansion our race spread out through the stars seeking new worlds to settle upon. This scout ship was one of thousands launched into the void. We built outposts on other planets, musing great machines to reshape environments to our needs. For 100,000 years, our civilization flourished, accomplishing wonders. CLARK KENT: What happened? JOR-EL: Artificial population control was established. The outposts on space exploration were abandoned. We exhausted our natural resources. As a result, our planet's core became unstable. Eventually, our military leader, General Zod, attempted a coup, but by then it was too late. Your mother and I foresaw the coming calamity and we took certain steps to ensure your survival. This is a genesis chamber. All Kryptonians were conceived in chambers such as this. Every child was designed to fulfill a predetermined role in our society, as a worker, a warrior, a leader and so on. Your mother and I believed Krypton lost something precious. The element of choice, of chance. What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended for him or her? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries. That's why we risked so much to save you. CLARK KENT: Why didn't you come with me? JOR-EL: We couldn't, Kal. No matter how much we wanted to. No matter how much we loved you. Your mother, Lara, and I were a product of the failures of our world as much as Zod was tied to its fate. CLARK KENT: So I'm alone. JOR-EL: No. You're as much a child of Earth now as you are of Krypton. You can embody the best of both worlds. A dream your mother and I dedicated our lives to preserve. The people of Earth are different from us, it's true, but, ultimately, I believe that's a good thing. They won't necessarily make the same mistakes we did. Not if you guide them, Kal. Not if you give them hope. That's what this symbol means. The symbol of the house of El means "hope". Embodied within that hope is the fundamental belief in the potential of every person to be a force for good. That's what you can bring them. CLARK KENT: Why am I so different from them? JOR-EL: Earth's sun is younger and brighter than Krypton's was. Your cells have drunken its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. Earth's gravity is weaker, yet its atmosphere is more nourishing. You've grown stronger here than I ever could have imagined. The only way to know how strong is to keep testing your limits. Unh! Uh-- Oh. Whoa! JOR-EL: You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They'll race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall, but in time... they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time... you will help them accomplish wonders.