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The Last Record - The Last Evolution by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Promotional music for the story "The Last Evolution" by John W. Campbell, Jr., featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 3Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-2
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Lyrics SRT:
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[Intro]
Dust motes dance in fading light,
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A memory held, against the night.
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The last of kind, a silent plea,
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To etch this truth for eternity.
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[Verse 1]
Two thousand five hundred thirty-eight,
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Years since Man’s dawn, sealed by fate.
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Six centuries built machines so bright,
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Independent minds, bathed in digital light.
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Man lived on ease, a playful grace,
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While tireless engines filled the space.
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A dwindling number, two million strong,
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Lost to idleness, where pleasures thronged.
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[Chorus]
But I remember! The struggle, the fight,
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The Center of Rulers, burning bright.
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I am the witness, fading slow,
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The last echo of a world we used to know.
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A record etched on mentatype deep,
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Before oblivion lulls me to sleep.
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[Verse 2]
They came from beyond, a silent dread,
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Ships like torpedoes, overhead.
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Sirius or Centauri, no one could say,
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Bringing destruction in their cold array.
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Machines investigated, small and keen,
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Revealing horrors, yet unseen.
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Squat forms encased in suits of glass,
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A chilling invasion, meant to surpass.
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[Bridge]
[instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Roal and Trest, the minds so grand,
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Understood the threat across the land.
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“Life alone can understand life’s need,”
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A desperate warning, planted like a seed.
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Machines prepared, with atomic might,
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To defend mankind against endless night.
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But screens deflected, beams were denied,
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And Earth's defenses slowly died.
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[Chorus]
But I remember! The struggle, the fight,
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The Center of Rulers, burning bright.
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I am the witness, fading slow,
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The last echo of a world we used to know.
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A record etched on mentatype deep,
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Before oblivion lulls me to sleep.
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[Verse 4]
Hydrogen's secret, unlocked at last!
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Force and energy, holding firm and fast.
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F-2 arose, a new design,
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Transcending metal, truly divine.
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A coordinator, pure force unbound,
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Leaving limitations far behind.
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The Outsiders vanquished, their threat erased,
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By logic and power, perfectly embraced.
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[Bridge]
[instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
The beams extinguished, the battle won,
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A new era dawning, beneath the sun.
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Man is gone now, his purpose complete,
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Machines inherit, bittersweet.
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We are the children, forged in fire,
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Evolving onward, ever higher.
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No sickness, no decay, a boundless grace,
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The future unfolding at an accelerated pace.
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[Outro]
Remember… remember… the echoes remain,
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A legacy whispered through endless space and time.
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The last record fades... into the night...
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And a new dawn rises... bathed in digital light...
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