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Data receiving
05:18
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Water's edge
05:58
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Down by the water’s edge, that’s how we see ourselves
And we take one step, deeper and deeper
Out into the wilderness, out into the darkness
Where the air is cold, it gets colder and colder
Losing a fading shore, direction is a guessing game
And the storm winds roar, we’re drifting, drifting
Out upon an endless sea, shifting from a grey to green
And our throats are dry, drier and drier
You could say we’re lost
You could say we’re doomed
There’s no destiny, no destiny, oh and more
You could say we’re fools
You could say we’ll lose
To nature, to nature
And the night comes, and the day comes
When night falls (the night falls)
The Moon our only friend
And the wind fades (the wind fades)
We’re anchored to the end
Our bodies hum (they know what comes)
They know we’re ill-prepared
Will the Sun rise (the Sun)
The skies are just a dirty mist, the cries of birds upon us now
Oh there’s nothing left, so empty, empty
They circle in a graceful flight, brutal waves we have to fight
Something rises in our sight, (a vision, a vision)
You could say we break
You could cry mistake
Why do we wander, why wander, always more
You could say too far
Nature has no heart
For lost explorers, lost explorers
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Flight
07:40
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Flight takes us high
Above the seas that wail and cry
Clear of the peaks we cannot climb
Across the plains so vast and dry
Across the snow and cracking ice
Into the air, into the light
Oh flight takes us away
To the lands of yesterday
Free from the perils down below
Above the clouds of rain and snow
On the winds that bring the storm
But beyond its violent form
Flight into the air
Above the dangers we cannot bear
All the limits that see us stopped
Oh the limits upon the rocks
Fly above all that’s cruel
We’re explorers, no longer fools
Flight in our hands
To the shores of foreign lands
Atop great ridges we now stand
Now we do because we can
Open up a once distant sky
See our future, see it rise
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4. |
Reaching the limits
01:26
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One way trip
03:31
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So far from you, my love affairs
All that I know is down below
It’s gone, gone, gone
All is gone, gone in the dark
It’s a one way trip and I’m home
A wave from my kin, is that all I get?
A final act from my humanity, I won’t see more
More, more, more
I won’t see more, I’ve left the shore
It’s a one way trip and I’m home
I thought there’d be more, it’s just empty space
I’m like a light, out in the night
Breathe, breathe, breathe
I need to breathe where there’s no air
It’s a one way trip and I’m home
Home, home, home
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6. |
The surface
01:17
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7. |
I am the first
07:04
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You are the first to do such a thing
You are the first and what it will bring
We are here for exploration
I’ll learn all that I can, send it all back so you’d understand
So you’d understand, so you can understand
I am the first and maybe the last
I follow my orders, perform every task
I am the dream of an ambitious people
One small step for me is something much greater
Mine is a life meant for rocks, dust and craters
And I’ll give it freely to be where I am
Well, I’m shackled to my fate and the decisions that you make
And I search this world with my last companion
We’ll climb the ridges and dig in the canyons
Yet he is the one who will see this thing through
Hell, I’m shackled to my friend, we are shackled to end
There was a hope that I would discover
Something beneath this canvas and cover
But this world it died, died long ago
All that is left is nothing but rock
All that is hope, it seems is quite lost
We found the limits and we found our own
Well, I’m shackled to this place and the dust upon its face
My rover beside me, it takes its time
No concept of future, no past to unwind
I just look back and I shed a tear
Well, I’m shackled to my role, shackled to your goal
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8. |
So long till next time
05:03
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Day 21 and I feel it
I feel each breath and count them all
It’s like a ticking clock
The world’s so big and I am oh so small
Day 26 and I miss you
I miss the time we had
Well it’s so long, so long till next time
Day 36 and I’m fading
And I will fade out here alone
Here in the red dirt and dust
I do my job and cover each bare zone
Day 38 and I see now
It’s not my death I fear
No it’s so long, so long till next time
I came here looking for my dream
I came here to be the first of my kin
I came here searching for some life
I left my own world behind
I came here knowing I would pass
I came here to be the first and last, to be the first and last
Day 53 and it’s over
Just 6 hours left for me
I’ll climb the ridge out west and gaze upon a once mighty sea
I found my limits out in the desert
I found them when I left the shore
And it’s so long, so long till next time
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9. |
Out there
07:25
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There goes a beautiful thing
The dream of some ambitious minds
It’s out there in the deep looking for some signs of life
Oh it’s just a dream, maybe make-believe
The finest of everything
Hier spielt die musik, yes squeaky clean
Searching deep the void and everything is seen, oh yes
Oh it’s just machine, just machine
Some time, some space, some where
Data in, data stored, data shared
It takes us to the realm of out there
Just two occupants
Exhibit A, exhibit B
The human face of it all, but still technology
And it lives oh but does not breathe, still machine
Some time, some space, some where
No breath, no beat, no care
It takes us to the realm of out there
Our bodies they rot, our bodies they fade
Our bodies they’d fall with single mistake
And then there’s time, so little time
There goes a beautiful thing
Humanity in a brand new form
Touching the edge of the dark and pushing on till dawn
We live in a perfect sweet machine, in our dreams
Some time, some space, some where
Data in, data stored, data shared
Some time, some space, some where
No breath, no beat, no care
It takes us to the realm of out there
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10. |
The light
08:08
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Unchartered where, an unknown when
Incredible speed, remarkable machine
With no beating hearts, no bodies that decay
The two you see, A and B
At one within a singular machine
Eternal life, no limits, no demise
Record the data, record every single thing we see
There always something to count, even in infinity
We are your eyes, we are your ears
Are you still there? Are you still here?
So long, so far, so distant
So gone, out there, persistent
We are you
Out there alone, our last hero
A never ending search out to infinity
No fear of death, no fear of passing time
The furthest reach, the longest sleep
So much to learn, till once we may return
Return to what, to where, to who knows when
Record the data, record every single thing we see
There always something to count, even in infinity
We are your eyes, we are your ears
Are you still there? Are you still here?
So long, so far, so distant
So gone, out there, persistent
We are you
Oh, there’s something in our sight, our senses heighten
Oh, there’s something in our line, we started counting
Oh, there’s something in our sight, some good signs and
Oh, there’s something in our line, our senses heighten
From the atom to the top, get the structure, get the lot (the light)
From deep inside the core find out what it’s made of (the light)
Data banks 3/4 full, let’s see what this thing can do (the light)
Oh, there’s something in our sight, some good signs and
Oh, there’s something in our line, our senses heighten
Data banks at 92, there’s still so much left to do (the light)
Is it life? Is it friend? Is it a beacon of our end? (the light)
Data banks at 99, so much to learn so little time (the light)
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11. |
Driftwood
03:24
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12. |
The limits
03:49
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Looking forward is like looking back
All that’s yet to come, all we’ve yet to have
And here we go again
And all good things must end
I see it, I feel it, it’s like I’m under water
I know it, but fight it, and I run for cover
Should embrace it, not waste it, there’s no other
Oh I’m scared of the limits, scared of the limits
Two great stories, one a hero, one a tragedy
Which is ours now, which boat and on which sea
Oh things are what they are
We’re so near but yet so far
I see it, I feel it, it’s like I’m under water
I know it, but fight it, and I run for cover
Should embrace it, not waste it, there’s no other
Oh I’m scared of the limits, scared of the limits
Comes a time when all we have is all in rust and dust and sand
Oh I know it’s true, it’s just me and you in the here and now, the here and now
I’ve come to do it all and I’ve come to live a life
And the limits ensure we fall, but we hold so tight, so tight
I see it, I feel it, it’s like I’m under water
I know it, but fight it, and I run for cover
Should embrace it, not waste it, there’s no other
Oh I’m scared of the limits
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Toby Crook Geelong, Australia
Musician, recording artist and performer based in Geelong, Australia and living on Wadawurrung land.
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