The Doctor Lyrics

God help me, I was only seventeen

When the demons came to Vega by the sea

My city burned against the southern sky

As we loaded on the only ship to flee

I guess that I was luckier than most

For my class was on a field trip far away

All studying the fauna of the coast

That inhabited the planet of R'lee

I left a lot behind there when I fled

A family and a home I barely saw

So caught up in my work, I never thought

In the blinking of an eye, it'd all be gone

The others wept and pleaded as we ran

They begged the pilot, "Turn the ship around!"

But I knew there was nothing left to save

As I watched the devils burn my planet down

There was a kind of beauty

A savage sort of grace

An elegant simplicity displayed

How easy they had made it look

The murder of a world

I learned a lot the day they burned R'lee

You have to give them credit

These "demons from beyond"

They are but simple creatures in the end

They made but one mistake

Though a fatal one at that

They let me slip away to plot revenge

I doctored in the study of the art

Of enhancing and manipulating genes

For further explanation, I will start

By directing your attention to the screen

As you can see, here is a specimen

We were fortunate to take this one intact

We've learned so much about this creature's home

But I guarantee it won't be going back

It's an elegant equation

It's simply "us or them"

And given "either or" I'll side with us!

They've asked me for solutions

And I've come up with a few

The High Command has given me their trust

I've made a little potion

An elixir, if you will

Just the thing to cure a nasty cough

All corked up in a bottle

A wicked little bomb

And I'll ask the fleet to kindly drop it off!

I hear you have a problem

A planet overrun

The colony on Vesper Alpha Six

So be a dear and run along

And see my work is done

I promise you this bomb is just the fix!

I see that you may have some doubts

My military friend

But any humans will be left, alive and well

For you'd have to be a demon

To understand the joke

That I've written for the denizens of hell!

I think that I was happy once

In Vega by the sea

Counting little turtles in the sand

But the turtles are all gone now

Leaving only me

And the devils who will all die at my hand