Red Dust and Echoes by Idoru Toei, the title of a scene from "Hubris"

Idoru Toei's musical version of "Red Dust and Echoes" by herself, the title of a scene from her novella "Hubris" available at: https://lphi.top/p-hubris
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Verse 1]
Red panel checked, a gaze beyond the dome,
Pale crimson stretches, an eternal home.

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Craters faint against the muted light,
A fragile dance in endless Martian night.

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[Chorus]
Precision binds us, a relentless grace,
Each system linked, erasing every trace

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Of error’s touch, a margin near to none,
Survival's code, beneath the Martian sun.

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[Verse 2]
A constant hum, a whirring, steady beat,
Life support’s song, both bitter and sweet.

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Oxygen stable, water flowing free,
Energy above, for all the colony to see.

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[Bridge]
Dust clings tight, a siege against the wall,
A gummy grip that threatens to enthrall.

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Air locks hold fast, fortresses so strong,
Against the planet’s unrelenting wrong.

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[Chorus]
Precision binds us, a relentless grace,
Each system linked, erasing every trace

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Of error’s touch, a margin near to none,
Survival's code, beneath the Martian sun.

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[Verse 3]
Queue at the dispenser, foot taps out of time,
A muted rumble, a shared space sublime.

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Updates and repairs, whispers in the air,
Familiar faces, burdens we all share.

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[Verse 4]
I am Dikshael Althrin, a messenger of truth,
An alien object has entered our youth.

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A fleet unlike anything we’ve known,
Approaching swiftly, seeds of fear are sown.

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[Break]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 5]
Static crackles, a silence fills the hall,
A ripple of unease, encompassing all.

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“Echt?” they whisper, doubt within their eyes,
As hope begins to fade beneath Martian skies.

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[Bridge]
Scatter the ships, across the endless night,
A fragile hope in fading starlight.

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Automate the colony, a silent plea,
To be forgotten, and finally free.

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[Verse 6]
We are the last of Mars, adrift in space,
A fading echo, a forgotten trace.

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Planet is gone, our future lost and cold,
If any left on Earth… remember what we’ve told.

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[Outro]
[instrumental]