The Life Watch by Lester del Rey

Idoru Toei's musical version of "The Life Watch" by Lester del Rey, featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 1Q2025" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-5
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
Dread… knotting in my mind. A speck of blue against the black. Unnatural. Senseless.

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[Verse 1]
Wreckage all around me, memories fade away

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A dome collapsed, a silent scream, another yesterday

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Hardwick’s face… I can't recall, the horror that he knew

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Just echoes of a shattered world, and skies of endless blue.

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[Chorus]
Rescue came, a silver gleam, across the void so vast

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But fear remains, a twisted dream, a shadow from the past

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They drove their ships without a sound, defying every law

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And I survived, on barren ground, against an alien draw.

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[Verse 2]
The ship descends, a silent grace, no wavering in sight

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A metal hull reflecting space, bathed in fading light

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I should run, my legs obey, but something holds me fast

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Lost in the ruins of yesterday, memories that won’t last.

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[Bridge]
They ask about Hardwick, a question sharp and cold

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A name I can't quite grasp, a story left untold

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Dead, I hope… the words escape, a shudder deep inside

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The Aliens took him, sealed his fate, where shadows darkly hide.

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[Chorus]
Rescue came, a silver gleam, across the void so vast

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But fear remains, a twisted dream, a shadow from the past

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They drove their ships without a sound, defying every law

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And I survived, on barren ground, against an alien draw.

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[Verse 3]
Six g’s for five minutes, hurtling through the night

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A desperate gamble, bathed in pale moonlight

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They speak of Mars, a fading hope, a new laboratory bright

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But something chills me to the bone, a darkness in their light.

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[Bridge]
The shield… Hardwick’s creation, a desperate, fragile plea

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Did it work? Did I escape them? Or was this all for me?

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A robot's mind, a programmed guise, a pawn within their game

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Lost in the echoes of their lies, whispering my name.

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[Chorus]
Rescue came, a silver gleam, across the void so vast

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But fear remains, a twisted dream, a shadow from the past

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They drove their ships without a sound, defying every law

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And I survived, on barren ground, against an alien draw.

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[Outro]
…Against an alien draw… Against an alien draw…