The Star-Stealers by Edmond Hamilton

Promotional music for Edmond Hamilton's story "The Star-Stealers" 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]
Alpha Centauri fades behind,

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Eighty light-speeds, a course defined.

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Through windows wide, the cosmos streams,

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A galaxy of glittering dreams.

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Two years we’ve roamed, a fleet so grand,

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Patrolling lanes across the land…

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Of stars and worlds, a friendly grace,

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But longing pulls us to our place.

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[Chorus]
Homeward bound, a golden gleam,

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Our little sun, a cherished dream.

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Across the void, we swiftly fly,

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Beneath a million watchful eyes.

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But shadows stir, a whispered fear,

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A message calls, so strangely clear…

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Return at speed, to Neptune’s shore,

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Something awaits us, evermore.

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[Verse 2]
Twelve hours remain, the journey nears,

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Dispelling doubts, suppressing fears.

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But why this haste? This urgent plea?

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A mystery hangs for you and me.

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The crew descends, a frantic pace,

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To wring out speed from time and space.

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Generators strained, a desperate fight,

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To push us onward through the night.

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[Verse 3]
A dark star looms, a silent threat,

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Devouring light, a cosmic debt.

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Its path has shifted, curved anew,

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Toward our sun, a fateful view!

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Fifteen billion miles, the distant line,

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Now three billion, a desperate sign.

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Gravity’s pull, a stealing hand,

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To drag our world from this bright land.

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[Chorus]
Homeward bound, a golden gleam,

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Our little sun, a cherished dream.

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Across the void, we swiftly fly,

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Beneath a million watchful eyes.

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But shadows stir, a whispered fear,

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A message calls, so strangely clear…

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Return at speed, to Neptune’s shore,

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Something awaits us, evermore.

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[Bridge]
Fifty cruisers, a valiant stand,

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Against the darkness, across the land.

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Etheric bombs and swirling cones,

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Lost in space, alone, unknown!

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A desperate gamble, a fragile hope,

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To turn aside this cosmic scope.

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[Verse 4]
Through maelstroms deep, we bravely soar,

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Toward the darkness, evermore.

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The dark star’s glow, a chilling sight,

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A stolen sun, a fading light!

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But courage burns within our soul,

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To save our world and make it whole!

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[Outro]
We fight for home, we fight for light,

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Against the endless, cosmic night.

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Our little sun, forever bright,

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A beacon burning in the night!