The Dying Sun - The Voice of the Void by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Idoru Toei's musical version of "The Voice of the Void" by John W. Campbell, Jr., 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]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Dim light spills across the room,
A polished black, dispelling gloom.

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Instruments hum, screens softly glow,
Watching a dying ember's show.

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Ten billion years have carved their trace,
Upon this fading, fiery face.

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I see the heat, a blue unseen,
While others dream what might have been.

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[Chorus]
A billion stars ignite and fade,
A cosmic dance, a grand parade.

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The sun descends, its reign near done,
Another age beneath the sun.

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We build our walls, we strive to see,
What future waits for you and me.

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[Verse 2]
A screen awakens, forms appear,
Mars’ ancient hills, starkly clear.

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Metal cities rise in might,
Dwarfing relics of fading light.

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Venus beckons, a distant gleam,
A freighter races, a hopeful dream.

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Then Mars again, stripped bare and cold,
Its essence traded, stories told.

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[Chorus]
A billion stars ignite and fade,
A cosmic dance, a grand parade.

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The sun descends, its reign near done,
Another age beneath the sun.

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We build our walls, we strive to see,
What future waits for you and me.

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[Verse 3]
Betelguese burns, a distant fire,
A new horizon, rising higher.

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Einstein’s words, defied with grace,
Signals leap across the space.

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Morus Tol's vision, brought to light,
Scanning atoms, day and night.

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Though lost he was, his legacy thrives,
Rebuilding worlds, keeping hope alive.

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[Verse 4]
Across the void, a ship takes flight,
Projected onward, into night.

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Anesthetized souls, a silent quest,
To find new life, put hope to test.

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Small hands and eyes of gentle grace,
Seeking refuge in a distant space.

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Atomic beings, strange and bright,
Guardians of the endless night.

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[Chorus]
A billion stars ignite and fade,
A cosmic dance, a grand parade.

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The sun descends, its reign near done,
Another age beneath the sun.

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We build our walls, we strive to see,
What future waits for you and me.

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For you and me