The Pyrrus Proposition - Deathworld by Harry Harrison

Idoru Toei's musical version of "Deathworld" by Harry Harrison, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 3Q2025" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-7
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Luxury’s soft embrace, a frosty stein in hand,
A pillow hides a secret, a weapon close at command.

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Suspicious whispers linger, a message from the void,
“Kerk Pyrrus wants to see you,” blunt and unemploy'd.

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[Chorus]
Twenty-seven million credits, shimmering in the light,
A gamble on survival, a desperate, shadowed fight.

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Win or lose, live or die, a choice I can’t deny,
The taste of danger calling, beneath a Cassylian sky.

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[Verse 2]
Retired wrestler, they say, but muscle forged in fire,
A gun strapped to my forearm, fueled by burning desire.

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No pleasantries, no games, just business on the line,
Three billion credits needed, a fortune to define.

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[Bridge]
Cheat? You call it cheating? Aces lined within my suit?
Electromagnets in my boots? A truth you can’t refute!

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But this is more than gambling, a weight upon my soul,
A proposition dangerous, beyond all control.

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[Chorus]
Twenty-seven million credits, shimmering in the light,
A gamble on survival, a desperate, shadowed fight.

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Win or lose, live or die, a choice I can’t deny,
The taste of danger calling, beneath a Cassylian sky.

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[Verse 3]
Stolen? No, earned in sweat and toil, on Pyrrus' barren ground,
Two years of mining, refining, where life is rarely found.

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A planet choked by chaos, a world forever scarred,
Where survival’s brutal lesson, relentlessly is hard.

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[Bridge]
Water and oxygen…a deadly, toxic blend,
Volcanoes spitting fire, a never-ending trend.

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Teeth on plants, claws on beasts, a constant, savage fray,
A world where life itself fights to survive each day.

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[Chorus]
Twenty-seven million credits, shimmering in the light,
A gamble on survival, a desperate, shadowed fight.

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Win or lose, live or die, a choice I can’t deny,
The taste of danger calling, beneath a Cassylian sky.

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[Outro]
[Jason:] Back to Pyrrus… a world beyond compare…

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[Kerk:] …A home worth fighting for, a burden we must bear…

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[Both:] …The gamble’s made, the dice are cast, the future undefined…

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…Beneath a Cassylian sky… leaving everything behind.