Valley of Dreams by Stanley G. Weinbaum

Idoru Toei's musical version of "Valley of Dreams" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, 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]
Two weeks more, the clock is ticking low
Mars retrogrades, a year and half to go

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Homeward bound we must, before the Earth departs
Or wait another cycle, tearing at our hearts.

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[Chorus]
Red dust whispers, secrets old
Of vanished cities, stories untold

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[Chorus]
A dying race, a fading light
Lost in shadows of Martian night.

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[Verse 2]
Eighty below, these summer nights are cold
Liquid air’s the comfort I've been told

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[Verse 2]
These rockets cranky, Thyle last week I knew
A walk back from a rocket ride? A novel view!

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[Chorus]
Red dust whispers, secrets old
Of vanished cities, stories untold

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[Chorus]
A dying race, a fading light
Lost in shadows of Martian night.

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[Bridge]
Tweel… I wish I hadn’t lost him then
A scout so loyal, a feathered friend again

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Dream-beast battles, push-cart wars we faced
A debt unthanked, a memory embraced.

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[Verse 3]
Films to salvage, the public wants to see
The Martian wonders, for all humanity!

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Leroy and you, auxiliary’s your flight
Bring back those pictures, shining bright!

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[Chorus]
Red dust whispers, secrets old
Of vanished cities, stories untold

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A dying race, a fading light
Lost in shadows of Martian night.

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[Verse 4]
The library… the murals vast and deep
A civilization’s knowledge, secrets to keep

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Anarchy's embrace, a peaceful, quiet grace
A different path for this forgotten race.

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[Bridge]
Thoth… the echoes of an ancient name
A god remembered, in Martian flame

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[Bridge]
The valley opened, visions took their hold
Dreams made real, stories to be told.

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[Chorus]
Red dust whispers, secrets old
Of vanished cities, stories untold

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[Chorus]
A dying race, a fading light
Lost in shadows of Martian night.

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[Outro]
[instrumental]