ATOLA: The Last Planet Lyrics

We exist somewhere far

Far beyond the scope of everything that is observable

Yet I can see

I can see why we fell

Our race

We choked on our words, killed our kin

We committed worse, sinned and sinned

We poisoned the ground and were surprised when it shook

We jumped around and were surprised when we fell

Ignored the calling, ignored the signs

We turned around and closed the blinds

The planets; they tortured us

These colossal spheres unleashed only a fraction of their anger upon us

Millions have died studying their beauty

Billions have died appeasing their innocence

And their deaths haunt us by weaving their orbits in our path

They skimmed our home and left us with half

Leave us be

Set me free

As I stand here today-on Atola-my home

Amidst this spectacular brightness emancipating from our two stars

With their light only brighter than my ignorance

I stand still, with no fear, no sadness, no hope

No thinking of a tomorrow or a today

A man's words who are echoing from the future

But still lives in the past

All I dream of

Is this moment

The day that I break free from the shackles of mortality

And the beauties of insanity

The day that our star system finally finishes us once and for all

You see one of those stupendously bright stars is dying today

Its whole existence will collapse on me

Its enriched guts will caress my very being

The light-its here

As I stand

I see everything so clear

The still beauty of all the planets in place is replaced

By another kind of beauty

One after another the planets go

Their crust ripped and stripped

And like a domino

All the planets go

All their remains coming to us

The final piece

The last of the diseased

My eyes burning from the light

I dare not gaze away

This cosmic redefinition of beauty is worth every second of scorching pain

And here it comes

Closer

Closer

Clo***