Discarded Specimens Lyrics

by Qip

Where did this alien craft come from ?

And what are their powers ?

And why are they visiting us ?

Are they perhaps reminding us

That we are the part of vast cosmic connection?

That we have links, even kinship with worlds beyond Earth ?

Or are they as more and more people believe

Trying to tell us that the knowledge we need

To survive, to grow

Is right here on planet Earth

Hidden in our science and in our past

We know now this world is being watched

Scrutinized and studied

By the alien microscope

Their eyes watched our ways

Recorded every step

And counted days until the time was ripe

To end the experiment

40 degrees West latitude in Atlantic

Known in olden times as Sargasso Sea

This area is a graveyard of the unexplained

It's a place where strange things happen to compasses

Strange things happen to time

With every tide came confusion

A rising storm that warped our memories

They snuggled us as ships fell down into the missing time

And filled our hearts with awe-induced theophany

And led us through the fire

Then gave us hope and took it all away

With goodbye kiss discarded specimens

The stethoscopes transmitted silence

As they led us through the fire

Then gave us hope and took it all away

With goodbye kiss discarded specimens

It's cold inside the body that does not fit anymore

It's strange how loneliness and sadness grow

A souvenir was left within to make you feel alone

Behind a face that looks like you but is no longer yours

We pierced the membrane to let you hear the tune

And make this story more than real

Almost another age, but now and here

Your life is stretched

Between the milestones of our scheme

We know now this world is being watched

Scrutinized and studied

By the alien microscope

Their eyes watch our ways

Recording every step

And counted days until the time was ripe

To end the experiment

The stethoscopes transmitted silence

As they led us through the fire

Then gave us hope and took it all away

With goodbye kiss discarded specimens

The stethoscopes transmitted silence

As they led us through the fire

Then gave us hope and took it all away

With goodbye kiss discarded specimens

It was written and read as harmless entertainment

Science fiction was just becoming popular

Fairytales for adults

Yet that world of science fiction is all around us

Right now, less fictional with every passing day

The evidence is here

Our planet is indeed being visited

By intelligences greater than man's

They travel in the spaceships

In flying saucers