1. |
Prologue
02:50
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PROLOGUE
On Earth, it is the year 3483. But we’re not on Earth. Yes, we humans finally found our way to the stars... long ago. And along with us, we brought trouble.
SIOBHAN
My name is Siobhan Inja Norman. I’m bearer of the longevity gene. You’ve heard about it, haven’t you?
In females, the l-gene kicks in right after adolescence and slows aging to a crawl. In males however, sorry guys, it does absolutely nothing.
So I am aging ten times slower than everybody else. Perhaps even less, nobody knows for sure. You know, all around human space, little girls are dreaming of having the l-gene, right? Please, dear... whoever... let me be one of them, they pray. They don’t know the first thing about it!
Most of us "long-lives" go insane over time. Many of us become risk-seekers to the point of being suicidal. We get killed in accidents, or have ourselves slaughtered during the more bizarre endeavors of ours. We certainly don’t live the life happily ever after.
None of us ever reached the age of 700, let alone a 1000 years. Well, at least not to my knowledge. As far as I am aware, I’m the oldest surviving one.
Look at me. How old do you think am I?
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2. |
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KLAUDIJA (recording a diary entry)
Here on this untouched world
The veil of night was cast away
Terra incognita
When we arrived by dawn of day
Against immeasurable odds
We won the race, we earned our stay
Terra felicia
Up to a new world shining bright
Dawn of civilisation here on this foreign world
Where chaos begets order at the edge of the night
Raising our daughter on this frontier is hard
For every answer given three more questions to ask
SIOBHAN
Hey!
Why do you speak to this machine?
Why don't you speak with me?
Why don't you tell me where you've been?
And what I'm gonna be!
DIRWIN
A universe full of stars is shining in her eyes
She demands to know the answer
The answer to "why"
Magnificent and serene, or minute and obscure
Everything must have an answer for
The Empress of "Why"
SIOBHAN
Why can't you see what I can see?
Why don't you understand?
Why don't we live under the sea
Instead up here on land?!
SIOBHAN
Why do the ships float in the sky?
Why don't they all crash down?
Why do you say that they don't fly?
Should they not stay on ground?
DIRWIN
A universe full of stars is shining in her eyes
She demands to know the answer
The answer to "why"
Magnificent and serene, or minute and obscure
Everything must have an answer for
The Empress of "Why"
KLAUDIJA/DIRWIN
You can ask us anything, anything you want to know
Ask about astronomy, ask about the rising sun
You can ask us anything, we will never turn you down
Ask about technology, ask about how things are done
You can ask us anything, anything you want to know
You can ask us anything, we will never turn you down
SIOBHAN
Why don't we live a million years?
Why do we age at all?
Why can't we stay forever here?
DIRWIN
A universe full of stars is shining in her eyes
She demands to know the answer
The answer to "why"
Magnificent and serene, or minute and obscure
Everything must have an answer for
The Empress of "Why"
KLAUDIJA
Here on this untouched world
The veil of night was cast away
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3. |
Quantum Field Invariance
05:25
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SIOBHAN
Found a mass defect on the Planck length scale
In the binding force of Euclidian terrain
If true, it should invalidate
All Lorentz transformations
At first I thought that I must be wrong
Does the evidence really hold that strong?
Ran the tensors in an AGI core
And yet, the core, it did agree
Within a sigma-five domain
Well, I can't say for certain
What these tensors may entail
But in my estimation
They fly off the human rails
BRENT
You want for them to fund your work
They kind of seem to be inclined
SIOBHAN
Though without a salient point
I will never get those funds!
BRENT
Why don't you demonstrate
How you did derive
Because
This may change our lives!
SIOBHAN
My Quantum Field Invariance
Equation predicts mass defects
And event horizons radiating
Wave-states that should not exist
BRENT
Classical entanglement
Does not allow for mass defects?!
BRENT
Did you just break the physics
Of the entire world?
And does your tensor predict
That we can never adapt?
SIOBHAN
Well, I can't say for certain
But the numbers seem to show
Our mind's behind a curtain
We'll forever think too slow
BRENT
How did you come up with it?
What makes you... different?
Your equation's watertight, but
It's still from a fairytale land
SIOBHAN (amused):
Well, I can't say for certain
Maybe I'm just really smart
But in fact my brain is hurting
Never thought I'd come that far
BRENT
Your Quantum Field Invariant
Equation predicts mass defects
And event horizons radiating
Wave-states that should not exist
SIOBHAN
Classical entanglement
Did not allow for mass defects
Oh, Quantum Field Invariance
The evidence is unmistakable!
BRENT
I now know you're not joking
And you're not... crazy... alright
But a couple of questions still remain
Give me ten minutes of your time
SIOBHAN
Well, I guess I have about the time it takes for a cup of tea, so... let's give it a try.
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4. |
Interlude I
00:54
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SIOBHAN
I recall that conference like it was yesterday. My people thought I was a lunatic, but the Borons, of all things, got behind it instantly! They funded my next decade of research, which was crazy. But it got crazier still!
As for Brent, the journalist, well, it took more than just one cup of tea. We wound up talking and laughing the whole night, and many more nights after that. In fact, we spent the better part of two decades together, never standing still for long; on a different world every week, as the saying goes.
Such great times!
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5. |
The Answer Lies Within
05:03
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SIOBHAN
I mixed up the world of science
And you would be my guide
We didn't always share opinions
But were always on one side
Vulnerable, courageous
Invincible combined
Complete to perfection
Like two bodies and one mind
CHORUS
Perfect life we lived the dream
The answer lies within
Quantum riddles from beyond
The universes’ skin
Perfect life we lived the dream
The answer lies within
Human flaws and history
And lineage of kin
SIOBHAN
Just when we thought we knew it all
That we could close the file
The birth of our daughter
Put those idle thoughts on trial
Whatever knowledge we had
It dwindled to a „why“
When routine-checkups showed us
That she would never die
BRENT
Then came a time
When she felt sorry for herself
She lost her mind
Then came a time
When she was happy for her daughter
For her child
SIOBHAN
Perfect life we lived the dream
The answer lies within
Quantum riddles from beyond
The universes’ skin
Perfect lie I lived a dream
Behind that bright facade
Choices that I should have had
Denied right from the start
SIOBHAN
She inherited the l-gene from her mother, well, from me
And that must mean my whole life long, the answer lay within
My parents surely knew it, but I was never told
It all had changed now that I knew I’d never die as well
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6. |
Indefinite, Unreasonable
03:50
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KLAUDIJA
I always knew this day would come
Why did it take so very long?
"Eventually." - "Some day."
Today.
The evidence is strong
Now you sat me down with rage
And I can almost understand
I should have told you long ago
But in the end, what harm was really done?
SIOBHAN
Harm was done when you
Took my right to choose
Our lives by this disease
Indefinitely increased
Naive and wide-eyed blind
Fooled by my own kind
Left without a clue
Unreasonable by you!
KLAUDIJA
The gift of life is not a curse nor a disease
It doesn’t take from you
Instead it lays the choice right in your hands
It is no different from the color of your hair
There is no reason for despair
Why don’t you think it through again
SIOBHAN
Thinking through will not
Change that it's your fault
No need to euphemize
This family's build on lies!
KLAUDIJA: Once you have calmed down, I'm sure you’ll realize...
SIOBHAN: I am as calm as I could be
KLAUDIJA: The word "indefinite" it does not mean that you’re immortal, lost in time
SIOBHAN: But I'm forever lost in time!
KLAUDIJA: My lovely girl, you are my candle in the night
KLAUDIJA: I love you more than words can say
SIOBHAN: You and I will never meet again!
KLAUDIJA: I beg you, let us not divide!
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7. |
Death of my Beloved
05:28
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SIOBHAN
Fateful night, without a warning
On our way to meet with you
Nineteen days aboard this freighter
We would be together soon
"Worry not", I heard you saying,
"Your son and I are safe and sound.
Just tourists on an exciting journey
Like millions were before us once"
But then our lives were torn apart
REPORTER
An accident involving a group of tourists taking an unauthorized exploratory tour into the Magmas has occured on Hideon this afternoon. Official sources report that a supporting element on a makeshift staircase gave in because of corrosion, injuring seven, possibly killing three more tourists and two guides. No names were given at this point.
SIOBHAN: Nothing is wrong with them, I'm sure
DEIRDRE: I'm not as confident as you
SIOBHAN: No names were told, we'll have to wait
DEIRDRE: I'm so afraid it's all too late
SIOBHAN: I'm certain they're ok; you'll see
DEIRDRE: Tell me good reasons they would be
SIOBHAN: Well, they are cautious at all times!
DEIRDRE: You said that they would be alright
SIOBHAN: I really thought they were, last night
DEIRDRE: And nothing, you said, could go wrong
SIOBHAN: How could I've known what was to come
DEIRDRE: I begged you tell them not to go
SIOBHAN: I did, and you should know!
DEIRDRE: But you would not listen to me!
REPORTER
Official investigations reveal that among the three tourists killed in the tragic accident on Hideon's Magmas observation platform yesterday, are Brent and Trem Resna-Norman, contractual husband and son of renowned theoretical physicist, Dr. Siobhan Norman.
SIOBHAN
Why did I not pay attention
Did they die because of me?
Why?
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8. |
A Dream Called Unalive
05:37
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SIOBHAN
Stare into the pitch black sky
With images from the inner eye
Projected on the dome above
They slowly fade away
Like a slideshow from a distant time
Or poetry that does not rhyme
Fragments of old memories
Falsely attributed to
A woman that once was me
It’s just an empty shell you see
Belonging to a different time
A different place, well out of grace
A girl that once was me
Is bleeding ancient history
Lamenting on the bitterness
the lifelessness, the emptiness
If I had a name
It was "Unalive"
NARRATOR
The dream is unalive
Has it always been a lie
Has it always been a straw
That I clung to and thus far:
The dream is but a dream
That’s what it’s always been
No amount of time can change
The truth; it’s far too strange
CONSCIENCE
And then the dream silently died
Another dream that was a lie
No future blossoms thrive
In a dream called Unalive
SIOBHAN
When I close my eyes
I will dream of youth
Back when I felt alive
In a sky of blue
I feel the sun shine through
With her beams of life
For as long as I breath
And while my heart still beats
I know I that I am alive
But I always wake up.
NARRATOR
The dream is unalive
Has it always been a lie
Has it always been a straw
That I clung to and thus far:
The dream is but a dream
That’s what it’s always been
No amount of time can change
The truth; it’s far to strange
CONSCIENCE
And then the dream silently died
Another dream that was a lie
No future blossoms thrive
In a dream called Unalive
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9. |
Dystopia Argoniae
06:29
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SIOBHAN
Dystopia Argoniae
The emptiness will find a way
Dystopia Argoniae
SIOBHAN: Dystopia Argoniae
SIOBHAN: I cannot leave, I cannot stay
SIOBHAN: Dystopia
CONSCIENCE: Dystopia!
SIOBHAN: Argoniae
CONSCIENCE: Argoniae!
SIOBHAN: Dystopia Argoniae
SIOBHAN: The emptiness will find a way
SIOBHAN: Dystopia
CONSCIENCE: Dystopia!
SIOBHAN: Argoniae
CONSCIENCE: Argoniae!
CONSCIENCE
Utopian vistas, dystopian nights
I can't get a grip on what once was my life
Utopian vistas, dystopian nights
I can't get a grip on what once was my life
SIOBHAN: Dystopia Argoniae
SIOBHAN: I cannot leave, I cannot stay
SIOBHAN: Dystopia
CONSCIENCE: Dystopia!
SIOBHAN: Argoniae
CONSCIENCE: Argoniae!
SIOBHAN: Dystopia Argoniae
SIOBHAN: The emptiness will find a way
SIOBHAN: Dystopia
CONSCIENCE: Dystopia!
SIOBHAN: Argoniae
CONSCIENCE: Argoniae!
REPORTER
As the infrastructural challenges of superluminal contagion increase, logic level and presumed countermeasures in the virtual domain increase as well. A threat can be hypothesized where AGI and biological constructs converge. Our group is aiming to build meta-level tools that are designed to infiltrate the binding blocks of the superstructure.
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10. |
Lament of Centuries
04:35
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SIOBHAN
In another wasted night
Scores of ghosts that pass me by
Just a mass of taunting lies
In another wasted dream
I could watch but couldn't scream
Burning in a firestream
There's no end, what does it mean?
Faceless strangers come
Faceless strangers go
Well, I'm just one of them
Cause I will take no chance
No, I won't open up
And I won't live my life once again
I don't care when they cry
And I will walk away
Long before they die
(I don't feel anything)
Don't remember my name
But it's always the same
Cause I'm the one to blame
CONSCIENCE
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore
SIOBHAN
When the day has gone
A night must come
Will the darkness
Wipe those memories away?
Who can say, who can say...
Another wasted week
Another wasted night
And another wasted day
Another failed romance
Another wasted chance
And another last good-bye
I’m fading away
I’m fading away
Feel like fading away
I’m fading away
Tell me where are
All those wasted centuries
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11. |
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SIOBHAN
The guilt would drive me back
To a planet where I was before
Albeit a lifetime since
I still could recite the whole score:
TOUR GUIDE / SIOBHAN
"You must walk down that path
Don't fear the heat rising from deep underneath
Then enter that confined space
And step on the platform below..."
SIOBHAN
The last time that I'd been here
Seven decades ago to this day
It had been closed down back then
Now I managed to find a way in
Knelt down at the precipice
Where I buried my face in my hands
Shouldn't I have died long ago?
This misery would soon find an end
Then I rose to my feet
While my heart was pounding like mad in my chest
As tears ran down my cheeks
I spread my arms ready to fly
VOICE FROM THE PAST
"...husband and son of Dr. Siobhan Norman
...killed in a tragic accident ...on Hideon's
Magmas Observation Platform..."
SIOBHAN
Final moment of truth
Right before I jumped
A strange voice appeared
And it whispered my name
Said, "we know you well
We don't want you to die.
Know there is hope!"
And the voice said
BORON
Come with me, come with me
Come with me and you'll be free
Come with me, come with me
There's still so much to see
SIOBHAN
Slowly I turned around
To a creature with
Big round child-like eyes
And my anguish would wane
As I wondered how
It found me in this place
My darkest hour
The Boron said
BORON
Come with me, come with me.
Come with me and you'll be free
Come with me, come with me
There's still so much to see
SIOBHAN
They took me aboard their ship, the Heaven's Bridge, and from then on, everything changed, profoundly. Never again would I find myself in a place so dark that it almost crushed my soul... never again.
Oh when Heaven's Bridge
Would touch the sky
A thousand miles above
I saw the light of a new day
It set me free again
When Heaven's Bridge
Would touch the sky
I felt alive again
And all the ghosts that haunted me
Oh when Heaven's Bridge
Would touch the sky
A thousand miles above
I saw the light of a new day
It set me free again
When Heaven's Bridge
Would touch the Sky
I felt alive again
And all the ghosts that haunted me
I vowed to let them rest in peace.
I never understood the myth that Borons can read minds... until that day on Hideon. I wasn't aware that they had been following my fate so closely, and I'm still not sure whether they revived my desire for life or manipulated my mind. In any case, I'm forever grateful!
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12. |
Interlude II
00:59
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SIOBHAN
My life changed a whole lot after that. When the Xenon conflict began, the administration asked me to help solve the quantum physics problem that I, decades earlier, had half-jokingly declared unsolvable by human minds.
These events shot me right back into public awareness, and then, into the thick of war. Here, I met Kyle Brennan, the man from the Old Earth, and Elena Kho, the warrior, and made friends with Nopileos, the Teladi.
Hectic days for sure, I can't even say how I escaped in one piece. It was a close call on more than one occasion. But in retrospective, I loved every bit of it.
I felt so very, very alive!
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13. |
Day of the Black Sun
08:41
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PART 01: Meeting Brennan
BRENNAN
Argonia City streets when I had first arrived
Warm sunlight on my face, the Ocean was nearby
I was lost in my thoughts when a woman spoke to me
Stunning blue hair and her smile seemed to embrace the world
SIOBHAN
I think back then I was smiling all the time
When the man from the Old Earth arrived on Argon Prime
BRENNAN
It took a while before I met that woman again
Her story seemed so strange and yet it rang so true
She was in the thick of a fight we could not afford to lose
Always cocky, confident and with a side of cool
SIOBHAN
I still was flying high on dopamine for sure
Patching up the raw spots of my soul he never knew
PART 02: Meeting Nopileos
NOPILEOS
After a battle she barely escaped,
We picked her up from the wreck of her ship
I was awestruck how unfazed she seemed
In the face of demise
Later I learned of her fortune and fate
And how curiously similar we were
Across species we found common ground
Friends for millennia to come
PART 3: Meeting Elena
ELENA
When we first met, she and I both
Were on critical misssions
And at first I wondered who on Earth
Would ask her along
For what purpose would anyone
Need a mathematician?
When in fact we'd rather need someone
To handle a gun
SIOBHAN
I'm not your girl from next door
(Not your girl from next door)
I'm like a post-doc: hardcore
(Just like a post-doc: hardcore)
ELENA
Soon I learned she kept her cool when
Facing serious trouble
And I found her problem-solving skills
Always prevailed
Thinking things through like she does
When hard pressed for time is
Supplemental to a warrior like me
Wielding a gun
SIOBHAN
I'm not a warrior like you
(Not a warrior like you)
But I can see my way through
(I think I'll see my way through)
PART 04: Extinction Level Event
SIOBHAN
So they asked me to come along
I said: "Consider it done."
If only I had known it all in advance
I would have laughed; forget it, not a chance!
BRENNAN
Xenon are threatening to destroy a sun
Can we put ourselves in their way?
The madness of this plan slowly sinking in
This we won't win!
ELENA
Blinding light, eternal night
A star will die
EPIC CHOIR
On the Day of the Black Sun!
NARRATOR
Onward into the sunlight we'd fly
Not knowing that it would turn into night
ELENA / NOPILEOS
Blinding light (a blinding light)
Eternal night (in eternal night)
A star will die (a star will die)
EPIC CHOIR
On the Day of the Black Sun!
SIOBHAN
So they asked me what should be done
I said: "We must keep pushing on."
The only thing that comes to mind at a glance
Randomly jumping in space?
That's insane!
NARRATOR
Farther into the darkness we ride
Trusting the quirks of machines with our lives
BRENNAN
Ionized plasma is engulfing us
Neutrinos are pushing their way
Electromagnetical shielding will fail
Can we prevail?
ELENA / NOPILEOS
Blinding light (a blinding light)
Eternal night (in eternal night)
A star will die (a star will die)
EPIC CHOIR
On the Day of the Black Sun!
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14. |
My Friend Nopileos
05:53
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SIOBHAN
Given that my "resurrection"
Brought me back into the light
I will need a new direction
To stay clear of future plight
Fearful; in anticipation
Of a regression in my mind...
NOPILEOS
Now, why don't you come along
I know you are headstrong
But you are just like me
As anyone can see... ;-)
SIOBHAN (amused)
I'm not like you and
You're nothing like me!
NOPILEOS (teasing):
But you can't deny that
Both of us are two-of-a-kind!
So why won't you come and lend a hand
And we'll make a trip to a foreign land
Where adventures await; with a smiling face
We will greet our fate, only you and I!
Hey, don't you see our luck is good tonight
And that time will always be on our side
Y'know there is a ship waiting right outside,
Won't you come on now, we will take a hike!
SIOBHAN
Given that my past depression
Might return at any time
I'm inclined to take vacation
From most parts of humankind
Always in anticipation
Of a regression in my mind...
NOPILEOS
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
I'm sure you'll be just fine
And I'll be there for you
If anything comes through
SIOBHAN
I'm not what you think
You don't know me yet!
NOPILEOS
Well, I had a friend once from far away
A stranger like you but we were really close
SIOBHAN
I know who you mean, but I'm not like that
My body stays young, but my head won't keep up
NOPILEOS
Same for me, but I'm not concerned
While life takes its course, it ain't getting worse.
SIOBHAN
Yeah, I'm a human, you're a saurian, we're really old
You are curious, I'm a scientist, and that is all
NOPILEOS
Still, that makes it seem like
Both of us are two-of-a-kind!
So why won't you come and lend a hand
And we'll make a trip to a foreign land
Where adventures await; with a smiling face
We will greet our fate, only you and I!
Hey, don't you see our luck is good tonight
And that time will always be on our side
Y'know there is a ship waiting right outside,
won't you come on now, we will take a hike!
SIOBHAN
Saddest part of life is when someone must go
(Go and won't return)
Saddest part is when you love and lose
NOPILEOS
But fate will have it that both you and I
SIOBHAN
Both you and I
NOPILEOS / SIOBHAN
Won't forget those who were close
To our hearts
The darkness can't have them!
NOPILEOS
So why won't you come and lend a hand
And we'll make a trip to a foreign land
Where adventures await; with a smiling face
We will greet our fate, only you and I!
Hey, don't you see our luck is good tonight
And that time will always be on our side
Y'know there is a ship waiting right outside
Won't you come on now, we will take a hike!
SIOBHAN
Won't you come / lend a hand
Make a trip / foreign land
Ventures wait / smiling face
Greet our fate / you and I
Won't you come / don't you see
Time is on / our side
Ship waiting / right outside
Come on now / take a hike!
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15. |
Interlude III
00:55
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SIOBHAN
I lived on the Teladian homeworld for a long time, where Nopileos and I established a humanitarian non-profit organisation. During the ensuing Terran Conflict, our organisation saved many lives, although we never worked in an official capacity.
I kept low profile until nostalgia took over once more. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't depressive or suicidal; by then, I had understood that bouts of longing every half century or so are a by-product of living for so long.
But I knew that I had to visit one specific place for a final time; I had to say good-bye before starting the next chapter of my life.
I'll forever miss beautiful Argonia City...
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16. |
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SIOBHAN
When the sky above the city is
Turning crimson before the night
And the roaring of the ships
Is getting low
As I’m sitting at the docks my thoughts
They will wander to those days
To the crazy things that we did
And survived
We have been to many worlds and we
Touched so many lives
But it seems no-one has touched me
Like you did
Now that time has driven us apart
We can never meet again
I’ll be savoring those memories
Tonight
From Siobhan, with longing
Wherever you are
From Siobhan, with longing
I will never forget the time we had
Now the angel that is sleep she lay
Her gentle wings over my eyes
Waking dreams of days gone by
They start to fade
And that which remains it has no words
(it has no words)
Just a yearning deep inside
For to linger on your presence
Once again
From Siobhan, with longing
Wherever you are
From Siobhan, with longing
I will never forget the time we had
From Siobhan, with longing
Whenever you were
From Siobhan, with longing
And my thoughts go to you
Tonight
And I knew I’d see a thousand years
From the day we had to part
Oh, how I hope and fear
That you erased me
From the depths of your mortal heart
This letter is
From Siobhan, with longing
Wherever you are
From Siobhan, with longing
I will never forget the time we had
From Siobhan, with longing
Whenever you were
From Siobhan, with longing
And my heart stays with you
Tonight
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17. |
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SIOBHAN
It's my last day
I will leave this world by noon
But my heart is filled with sadness
I'm absent-minded, staring at a moon
SIOBHAN
Trying to remember
The first time that I came here
Must have been when I was little
With my father, centuries ago
NOPILEOS
Hello my friend
Here, have a cent
For your thoughts
Tell me what's going on in your head
SIOBHAN: I am thinking of golden days
CONSCIENCE: No such days!
NOPILEOS: This is the day!
SIOBHAN: When I was certain about my ways
CONSCIENCE: No such way!
NOPILEOS: This is the way!
SIOBHAN
Shunning my mother; no longer sure
Whether she was entirely wrong
SIOBHAN
When there's no past
Beyond last night, where should I go
Should I stay forever dormant
Or chase my family's curse and dreams
SIOBHAN: 'Cause I am grieving for all the lives
CONSCIENCE: All my fault!
NOPILEOS: It's not your fault!
SIOBHAN: That I touched, but now are gone
CONSCIENCE: Forever gone!
NOPILEOS: They're never gone!
SIOBHAN:
I will unravel once and for all
The l-gene's mysteries!
NOPILEOS
I wish you'd stay
But I sure know you
Search for answers
And then return
SIOBHAN
It's my last night
Here with my oldest living friend
Now my thoughts are so much clearer
I'm comforted by these soothing words
NOPILEOS
Goodbye my friend
We'll meet again
And one day
Our star will rise again
SIOBHAN
The time is near, will soon be here, please wish me well
NOPILEOS
One day we will meet again and we will rejoice!
NOPILEOS
This means farewell, but I can tell, it's not the end!
SIOBHAN
One day we will meet again and we will rejoice!
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18. |
Millennia to Come
06:44
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SIOBHAN
While I've been travelling for many years alone
Now the distance to the world I came from
SIOBHAN/CONSCIENCE: Isolates me
Not too many things to keep my mind afloat
Now the messages from home went silent
SIOBHAN/CONSCIENCE: They forsook me
MAJORDOMO (the ship's AGI)
What are her chances?
What are the answers?
What are the odds she will survive?
Should I give her the answers
Without pretenses
She needs to know before too late
SIOBHAN
It's almost funny when you come to think of it
(I once tried to end my life, but now I'm scared to die)
The answer to the mystery that I must solve
(It hides among the stars, many light-years up ahead)
Though in the belly of this ship, right as I speak
An icy chamber meaning death and hope unclosed
SIOBHAN
Nopileos, my friend, these may well be
The last words you'll hear from me
For a very long time
You once said that time has our back
So be courageous, don't be sad
SIOBHAN
Now, to be honest, all the confidence you see in me
Is an illusion 'cause I'm scared and so alone
CONSCIENCE: Am I not stranded in deep space
SIOBHAN: I'm not stranded, the opposite is true
CONSCIENCE: Ain't I washed up the shores of time
CONSCIENCE: Unremembered and forlorn
SIOBHAN: Right here, right now is where I chose to be
CONSCIENCE: Changing the future is my past
SIOBHAN: It's still my destiny!
SIOBHAN
There's no regret, I'll always look ahead
No more sadness, I will never fret
Won't forget that time has our back
I'm courageous, won't be sad
SIOBHAN
Now that I travelled for so many years alone
Though I'm scared, I'm so much stronger than
I'd give myself credit for
Not to mention all the friends that I have made
And the ones I lost are unforgotten
For millennia to come
MAJORDOMO (the ship's AGI)
And what are the chances?
Now what is the answer?
What are the odds she will survive?
I will give her the answer
And make no pretenses
She needs to know there will be no
BRENNAN/BRENT/ELENA/KLAUDIJA/SIOBHAN
Millennia to come | Millennia to come
Millennia to come | Millennia to come
Millennia to come | Millennia to come
Millennia to come | Millennia to come
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19. |
Epilogue
01:49
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Well, that's about it.
Wait, I guess, I forgot to tell you my age after all! I look like, I don't know, maybe 35 or so. That's what people keep telling me, anyway. But guess what: I'm 746 now. It's true! And next time I wake up, I'll be nearly a thousand.
If I wake up, that is. Big if! Cryostasis kind of freaks me out. I want to wake up, want to feel alive once again, I really do!
This is Siobhan Inja Norman, I'm signing off now.
Wish me luck.
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Founded in 2006, voXager is an attempt at putting music to stories from outer space and far away worlds. Influenced by modern metal ranging from melodic over death to black, as well as synth pioneers like Jarre and Vangelis, voXager's genre is best described as "atmospheric space metal". We'd like to invite you on a journey through a musical universe of excitement and wonder. Come join us! ... more
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