Universal migrator part I & II

Daddy where are you now

Forgot about your vow?

You promised you'd return and take me to Earth



Did you have to fight that war

What was it all for?

The honor of one's name, what is it worth?



I'm all alone - we're all alone

My future's unknown - our future's unknown

I reach out to the stars out here in my house on Mars



Mother did you hear me cry?

You never told me why

You put me in this world of rock and dust



No friends for playing games

No foes who scorn my name

Computerized machines of steel and rust



Is this my home? - this is our home

This desolate dome - this desolate dome

I call out to the stars: I'm alone in my house on Mars



I'll never smell the ocean breeze

I'll never climb the highest trees

I'll never feel the burning sun

I'll never meet my chosen one... in my house



Daddy I forgive you now

You could not keep your vow

You will never return, I'll never see Earth



My time has come - our time has come

I'm emotionally numb - emotionally numb

I'm headed for the stars, I'm leaving my house on Mars

No friends in my house on Mars

No foes in my house on Mars

I was born in my house on Mars

I will die in my house on Mars

Silence fills the air

Echoes fade away

Of sadness and despair

On that cruel and fateful day



My body lies motionless

Upon the kitchen floor

The Earth has died, the world's at rest

2084



Many centuries ago

In a dark enchanted land

Our fate had been foretold

By a poor misguided man



We carried on down the road we chose

The path of nevermore

The journey ends, the book is closed

2084



And now I have to leave, my work on earth is done

I'm heading for the planet known as Mars

To the last of its race, the final newborn son

Before I start my voyage to the stars

On an early summer morning, July '69

As I dream of the planets

I hear a voice softly whisper: 'son, it is time

It's happening soon'



It's a quarter to four now and he carries me down

To our place by the telly

I see lights on in houses all over town

For the man on the Moon



One small step for man

But a giant leap for mankind

The mighty Apollo prevailed

The Eagle has landed



I go back to my warm bed, back to my dreams

But not the one of the planets

I decided this morning I don't want to be

The man on the Moon



As I lie here in this cold tank, living a dream

I'm the last on the planets

I decided this morning I don't want to be

The man on Mars

I'm standing proud

In this noble crowd

My banner raised high the coat of arms of Amsterdam

To the mystic sky a magic light enchants the land



We're marching on

The shooting company of Captain Frans B. Cocq



My uniform shines the livery of a highborn man

The Claw-guild signs immortalised by the master's hand

Light and shade with colours rich and brushwork bold

Night and day with shadows black and armours gold



We're marching on

The shooting company of Captain Frans B. Cocq



I'm standing proud

In this noble crowd

In our golden age eternalised by the artist's hand

A glorious page in the history of our tiny land



We're marching on

Up to the battlefield to where the spirits walk

The shooting company of Captain Frans B. Cocq

Times are dark now, our empire's gone astray

Forces from down south, armada on the way

So we call our greatest men to run the barricade

Shine your light where shadows fall and wash the night away



Sail on for your queen

Sail into history

You will never be the same

Sail on for country

Into our memory

Time will remember your name

Dragon on the sea



Fires burn now in once our tranquil bays

Tall ships that rain down thunderbolts and flames

Go and raise your pirate flag, cast the lines away

Take your fleet where darkness falls and turn the night to day



The sun never sets on the empire won

But wise men say never say never

It slips through our hands just like sand in sun

We thought it would go on forever



Dragon ships they keep on sailing, on to Nova Albion

While the waking world is sleeping, dragon ships are sailing on

Shine down on me, Sun of the Underworld

Set me free, chase away the night

Proud Jaguar, king of the Mayan Gods

Shining star, light up the sky



And guide me to the Temple of the Cat



Heart-of-Sky, Maker and Hurricane

Mighty eye, harvester of life

We were born solely to speak your name

Bring the dawn, we'll praise the sky



Here inside the Temple of the Cat



Upon his throne the High priest addressed the crowd

Now carved in stone his holy name

Beads of jade adorn his cotton shroud

His silvery blade on a golden chain



He lies here in the Temple of the Cat, dead

He will rise again from the Temple of the Cat

I've crossed the edge where time disappears

My life has been taken by the charm of the seer

My conscience is clear, I committed no sin

My spirit roams free now, carried by the wind



My mission has failed, the spell has been cast

I wasn't the first one and I won't be the last

This can't be the end, so let it begin

My message will reach you, carried by the wind



Out here on Mars I now realize

Mankind has vanished, tears fill my eyes

There must be a world I can live in

My spirit will find it, carried by the wind

The moon sheds no light on Salisbury plain

The day turns to night and the bonfires cease burning



The druids gather round and the chants fill the air

Their echoes resound and the living world stops turning



The magic words are spoken

As we leave the plain in silence

Now the circle stands alone

And the druids turn to stone



The dawn shines its light on Salisbury plain

The day floods the night with gilded rays of sunshine



The magic words were spoken

As we left the plain in silence

Then the circle stood alone

And the druids turned to stone



The rising sun is dancing on the edges of the stones

Casting shadows, creeping down the Avenue

Into the heart of the sarsen trilithons



I marvel at this mystery, beholder of the stars

A holy temple, a sacred burial ground

Guarding well its secrets from us all

In fields of green, vast as the oceans

Is this a dream, is it evermore?

A million years, fast as a notion

I stand alone here on the silent shore



I'm after prey in the fields

Shelter in a cave from the cold and lonely nights

And now it all seems so real

Warming at the fireside beneath the pale moonlight



This is the dawn of time

I am the first to stand

Looking through the eyes of the primal man

This is the dawn of time

Witnessing the birth

I am the first man on earth



The skies of blue reach to the heavens

They go on and on forevermore

No avenues, no city sidewalks

Planet Mars is but ancient lore



This place has all that I need

No computers glowing screens, no industrial machines

Somehow it all seems surreal

Memories of days gone by, a slowly fading scene



No one here to blame me

No one here to hurt

So much space here to occupy my mind

I can breathe the breath of virgin land



The firefly at nighttime

The sounds of nothing known

And I belong here like I never have before

The wandering child returning home



When twilight falls, red is the sunset

Planets appear across the colored sky

No prison walls, no war, no bloodshed

Hard to believe this new world will die



I wish that I could stay for a while

In the dream world that the sequencer creates

And though it all seems so real

Now I fear the time is gone, I feel its heavy weight



Hold on to this moment in time

Savor a life how it used to be

Hold on to the world in its prime

Breathe in the air, feel the energy

At the birth of time, the beginning of beginnings

One cosmic soul was created

A bringer of life, a universal migrator

Born to sow its seeds in all the galaxies



Like a cell dividing, it spreads in all directions

Creating life among the stars

I'm struck with awe as I join the great migrator

Now it takes flight to the brightest star of all



On a quest for life, through the sable skies

What a show! behold!

The dawn of a million souls



On a bold crusade, in the realm of shade

What a show! behold!

The dawn of a million souls



Through the glowing mist, like a fog of radiation

I can see the forming of new planets

I've been struck by thunder as I witness all the splendor

And I realize how small we really are



Ooh, I can see forever

On the wings of dreams I fly

Is this real or is it just a fantasy?

What awaits me now at the end of this ride?

Fly me across the sky

Fly me to the edges of space

Show me the wond'rous sensations

And mysteries of aeons gone by



Guide me through a maze of stars

Guide me to the birth of my race

Give me the answers to questions

Reveal to me secrets of life



Journey on the waves of time



Lead me through the centuries

Lead me to places unknown

Sail me away on the x-rays

Of quasars that died long ago



Carry me through the universe

Carry me back to my home

In search of the gateway

That leads us into the black hole



Journey on the waves of time



Our quest for life has now begun

The die is cast

Our voyage leads us to the sun

Out of the past

(a)The Taurus Pulsar



Within a distant nebula in the Taurus zodiac

I hear the wailing of a star, the weak pulse of a fading sun



All its fuel is burning out and its light will fade to black

I can't ignore its hopeless shout as it fires its death cry out in space



A star in Taurus lights up and outshines the galaxy

A fleeting moment of glory in time and space

A supernova resounds, a desperate symphony

Leaving behind a beacon fallen from grace



Lift your head up to the sky

And hear the faraway cry of a dying star



I heard its message from afar

A frequent surge of sight and sound

We approach the fallen neutron star

Spinning round and round and round



We attend this cosmic mass and we hear its sad lament

But even stars and planets pass in this cold and everlasting place



Lift your head up to the sky and hear the cry...



"We have encountered a quasar in the constellation Virgo. But does it really contain a

black hole, the portal to our final destination?"

(b)Quasar 3C273



Heading off into the core of a newborn galaxy

We have reached a brilliant star-like source of energy

This cosmic spectacle of radiance was formed

Fifteen billion years ago when the universe was born



To the quasar

Beyond the Milky Way

The red shift is high, a bright light in the sky



To the dark star

Beyond the light of day

The gravity's high, a black sun in the sky

3C273



As we approach the sea of light I'm forced to close my eyes

I can feel the vibrant waves of centuries go by

Then the pull of an unseen force is tearing us away

Could it be we found the entrance to our passageway?

(a) The Eye of Universe



A dark sphere surrounds us

Surreal...oblivious...

In the centre of the galaxy

A hidden force has found us

Powerful...mysterious...

At the boundary of eternity



Nothing escapes, not even light

Beyond the mystical horizon

We surrender to its might

Gazing into the eye of the universe



A deep roar is sounding

Deafening...thunderous...

As if the universe were crying

My heart is pounding

Frantic...delirious...

My every nerve is dying

(b) Halo of Darkness



I hear screams of fallen souls, sad cries of agony

Within the void of this evil hole, deep inside the black



Could it be my imagination, the mirror of my fantasy?

A fear-induced hallucination

Or is there no way back from the halo of darkness?



Spirits - apparitions - misery - suffering

Horrid dreams and dire visions rising up from the black



Look away in disbelief, this cannot be happening

The end has come, I bow in grief

There is no way back from the halo of darkness

(c) The Final Door



Now silence devours us

Massive...suffocating...

The calm before the storm

Gravity overpowers us

Invincible...dominating...

And leads us through the final door



Feed me light, I'm the halo of darkness

Feel my might, I'm the eye of the universe

Hold on tight, we've reached the gate that leads us to the mystic zone

What a sight! I cannot wait to cross the bridge to the unknown



Defy the laws of relativity, gravity will be our guide

Surrender to the sea of energy that drives us to the other side



Faster than light, we're traveling time through the wormhole

Out of the night, into a vortex of fire

Time slips away as we plunge into unknown dimensions

A brilliant display, quenching my deepest desires



Will it take us where we want to be?

Will it show us what we want to see?



Through the wormhole



We're crashing down to our goal that lies beyond this cosmic gate

Spinning round this spiral hole towards a cold and lonely fate

(a) M31



And out of nowhere we materialize

From a blaze of fire to a world of ice

We folded space to a distant sun

Inside the heart of M31



On a steady course to the planet Y

Circling round a star in Sirrah's eye

The search for life has now begun

In the constellation M31



Light years away, beyond our Galaxy

I see a planet like our own

A golden sun is shining down on me

Could it be that we are not alone?



We're passing Sirrah in Alpha Pegasi

Into the atmosphere of planet Y

What will we find? Chances almost none.

Will there be life in M31?



(b) Planet Y



We're diving through the nebulae and arrive on planet Y

A hundred thousand hollow eyes are gazing at the sky



There seems to be no motion, no pleasure and no pain

No symptoms of emotion, no loss and no gain



Solar screens and cold machines are covering up the ground

Crystal covered fields of green and oceans underground



Countless different entities but they all look the same

But then one of the entities is crying out its name:



Forever...

Remember Forever...



(c) The Search Continues

It's time to leave and carry out our quest

Miles to go and things to see before we rest

We came in vain, our search is not yet done

For there's some kind of life in M31!

(a)Planet of Blue



I can feel the sun burning on my skin

I can feel the sun from deep within

I can hear the earth calling out my name

I can hear the earth crying out in pain



I'm coming home to the planet of blue

Our own sun is coming into view

I'm reaching out to the planet of blue

Can you see me fly?

Can you feel me die?



I can almost touch the glorious rings of Saturn

But then I feel them slip away

I can almost see the yellow clouds of Venus

But then the sequence slowly fades



I'm coming home to the planet of blue

Is this the end, can it be true?

I'm reaching out to the planet of blue

Can you see me try?

Can you feel me die?



(b)System Alert Dream Sequencer system alert



warning - core processor buffer overload

please abort Universal Migrator sequence

System failure imminent

return to consciousness, return to consciousness, return to consciousness...

(a) Metamorphosis



"For the first time during my journey, the Migrator communicates with me. He speaks to me

directly, but without words. The Migrator tells me that my corporeal body inside the

Dream Sequencer has died. While my body will now sleep forever, my consciousness must

awake to eternity that lays before me ... for I am the new Migrator!"



(b) Sleeper Awake



Atomically into existence

A creator of life was born

This universal migrator

In his celestial form



Astronomical segmentation

A division from which I came

To go forth with a task bestowed me

And seek out new worlds for all



Fly up into the skies

A sea of blue has crossed thine eyes

A quest to save mankind is made

Just one earthly being his soul shall remain



My power of thought calls you

Sleeper...sleeper awake, oh you sleeper

Open your mind hear me sleeper

Sleeper awake, come alive

Our spirits they can never die



Sleeper...sleeper awake, oh you sleeper

Dormant inside, hear me sleeper

Sleeper awake, come alive

Your body is dead not your mind



A cataclysmic end for many

Annihilated Earth to the core

But one soul survives in stasis

A colonists spirit the source



You're the one not I, the chosen

With visions, a bright new dawn

To cross the starlit systems

A place where new planets are born



Rise up, you must awake

The here and now shall separate

The body frees the soul and mind

Your spirit will join me in time



Sleeper awake there's a world waiting for you to find!