The Song of Starke - Lorelei of the Red Mist by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury

Promotional music for the story "Lorelei of the Red Mist" by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury, 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]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
The Company dicks were good, they said it true,

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A stringy frame hunched over, power fading through.

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Venus bled indigo, a tattered sky above,

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No maps to guide him, only shadows of lost, lost love.

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Mountains loomed ahead, a magnetic snare,

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A million credits clutched, a desperate prayer.

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[Chorus]
Running from the past, chasing fading light,

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A lone wolf’s gamble in the endless night.

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The Kallman screams onward, defying fate's decree,

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But echoes whisper, "There's no escape for thee."

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Crash! A purple shadow, a wall of stone so high,

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Instruments failing beneath a crimson sky.

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He flew by instinct, a desperate, reckless plea,

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But echoes whisper, "There's no escape for thee."

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Crash! A purple shadow, a wall of stone so high,

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Instruments failing beneath a crimson sky.

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He flew by instinct, a desperate, reckless plea,

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Beyond the mountains, or back to misery.

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A woman’s face appeared, shimmering and bright,

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Promising power, bathed in alien light.

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[Bridge]
“You will not die, but wake anew,

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In flesh transformed, a different view.

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My mind shall guide you, don’t be afraid,

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A bargain struck, a price to be paid.”

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[Verse 3]
He woke in darkness, stone veined red and deep,

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A towering ceiling where ancient secrets sleep.

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A woman watched him, eyes of aquamarine grace,

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A silent promise etched upon her face.

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She offered power, a body strong and bold,

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But something shifted, a story yet untold.

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[Chorus]
Running from the past, chasing fading light,

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A lone wolf’s gamble in the endless night.

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The Kallman screams onward, defying fate's decree,

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But echoes whisper, "There's no escape for thee."

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[Outro]
“Beudag… Beudag…”