Something so Pure

Information
"Something so Pure" is a song in episode 2 in which Peter Howland reminisces to Brett Ryback about his relationship with Gerda Pulnik. "Something so Pure" is the fifth song on the soundtrack album.

Featured Characters

 * Peter Howland
 * Gerda Pulnik

Lyrics
*( Underlined text denote lines not included in the soundtrack album version of the song.)

HOWL:

Her name was Gerda.

We met in Cairo.

She was the friend of a girl I didn't know.

HOWL, SPOKEN:

Here we are on a beach in Alexandria.

HOWL:

We took a weekend.

She had insisted.

And as I quickly found out,

When Gerda invites you, you go.

 BRETT, SPOKEN: 

This is Gerda Pulnik. She used to be the owner of this property.

 HOWL, SPOKEN: 

Good research.

 BRETT, SPOKEN: 

Were you with her when she took these?

 HOWL, SPOKEN: 

Yes.

 BRETT, SPOKEN: 

They're so striking.

HOWL:

There was something so pure, how she saw the world

Through the eye of her camera lens.

She'd find beauty and hope in the heart of despair.

We left seeking war,

And came back being more than just friends.

There was something so pure, how she looked at me.

Like her goodness might be my reprieve.

I'd never had faith in forgiveness or grace,

But I'd look in her eyes,

And however unwise, I'd believe.

And we saw Kabul and Cape Town and Gaza.

We saw deserts that danced with the sea.

I felt eager and wanted,

Rapt and unguarded and free...

GERDA (FLASHBACK):

Peter go in, the water's warm!

(Laughing) No, no! Don't get the camera wet!

Give it to me. Don't move, Peter...

Hold still, I see you... Don't move...

 BRETT, SPOKEN: 

She was a war photographer.

 HOWL, SPOKEN: 

Photojournalist.

 BRETT, SPOKEN: 

What happened?

 HOWL, SPOKEN: 

What happened...

HOWL:

There is nothing so pure in the heart of man

As the hunger for power and gold.

A decade surrounded by chaos and war

Made the peace that we stole

Begin to feel soulless and cold.

Inside me an anger was born again

For injustices I couldn't cure.

I tried to hold fast to the love that we shared,

But the darkness would come

And leave no room for something so pure.

And we saw juntas, contras, guerillas.

We saw bloodshed, scourge, and debris.

I felt anxious and haunted,

Trapped and I started to flee...

GERDA (FLASHBACK):

Peter sit down, let's talk this out.

No, no! We are not finished yet.

Listen to me. Don't go, Peter...

Stay here, I love you... Don't go....

HOWL (SIMULTANEOUS):

Where in the world?

Where could I go?

How far could I run to leave this behind me?

GERDA (SIMULTANEOUS):

Where will you go?

Where in the world?

Will you ever come find me?

HOWL & GERDA:

Or must I live with this pain

For whatever remains

Of my days?

HOWL:

She died in Israel.

There was a bombing.

I got a letter informing me so.

HOWL, SPOKEN:

She had bequeathed me this house, this land.

HOWL:

I didn't want it.

I couldn't fathom...

But then I knew in my gut

When Gerda invites you, you go.