Moonfall - Tongues of the Moon by Philip José Farmer

Idoru Toei's musical version of "Tongues of the Moon" by Philip José Farmer, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 4Q2024" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-3
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Pinpricks in the dark, a silent show
Across the crater's dome, a ghostly glow.

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Lights blooming bright, then fading fast,
A cosmic dance, shadows overcast.

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Europe watched, unaware, unseen,
Of battles brewing, a future keen.

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[Chorus]
Fireflies on Earth, a distant gleam,
While here below, a shattered dream.

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Axes rise, and Soviets fall,
A lunar echo answering the call.

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The bonephones hum, a silent threat,
As empires crumble, we can’t forget.

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[Verse 2]
Scone and I, caught in the fray,
Defending ourselves, come what may.

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Ramírez-Armstrong's hand, a sudden sting,
Kosselevsky falls, no words to sing.

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Bullets explode, a metal rain,
Another cycle of loss and pain.

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[Bridge]
Control the bonephones, seize the key!
To break their chains, set our spirits free!

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But at what cost? Destruction's hand,
A shattered future across the land.

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[Chorus]
Fireflies on Earth, a distant gleam,
While here below, a shattered dream.

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Axes rise, and Soviets fall,
A lunar echo answering the call.

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The bonephones hum, a silent threat,
As empires crumble, we can’t forget.

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[Bridge]
Control the bonephones, seize the key!
To break their chains, set our spirits free!

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But at what cost? Destruction's hand,
A shattered future across the land.

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Two hundred years, a distant shore,
To rebuild the Earth, forevermore.

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With seeds and hope, we’ll rise anew,
And tell our children what we went through.

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[Verse 4]
Stone against leather, a timeless fight,
Ideals clashing in the fading light.

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A gamble taken, a future unknown,
On this desolate moon, we stand alone.

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The bonephones hum, a silent threat,
As empires crumble, a silent threat.

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As empires crumble, a silent threat.

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[Outro]
Fading... fading... gone.