Dire Peril - The Extraterrestrial Compendium lyrics
Tracks 01. Yautja (Hunter Culture)
02. Planet Preservation 03. Enemy Mine 04. The Visitor 05. Total Recall 06. Queen Of The Galaxy 07. Roughnecks 08. Blood In The Ice 09. Heart Of The Furyan 10. Altair IV: The Forbidden Planet 11. Always Right Here 12. Journey Beyond The Stars 01. Yautja (Hunter Culture) Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Stand the young bloods in a line for the ritual to start
Kneel before the worthy few whose hunts we venerate Maroon, the walls with their décor Of trophies from the hunts that our elites have won before I yearn to prove myself for good A blooded male with highest prestige Sable void with speckled dots of milky, distant starlight To the fringe of everywhere, we travel to our prey The thrill of the perfect hunting danger Where so many failed is where I'll exploit every weakness Rush of blood The gates are open Feel the rush within Striding on to find the perfect prey to fight Just myself and two others We stalk the barren wasteland Craggy valleys, swelling land that's home to harshest creatures This rite of passage will I pass Find the hive of vicious prey, prove my fighting spirit Spirit of the warrior inside Pitch black darkness Call upon the spirit of your ancestors Trapped inside with feral beast of tooth and claw Call upon your heart and strike when it attacks Trapped inside with me, they shall not escape Slicing through cadavers, flesh and twisting, gnarled tendons Gnashing jaws and claws like spears, yet I'll always triumph Meet your greatest match Struggle on to kill the feral beast and prove Hunter culture 02. Planet Preservation Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Hello, my friends. Please be at ease
I come in peace and with good will I'm here with a gift, designed to explore To help you discover more and learn To grow your culture, To make steps toward becoming a race of destiny At least that's what I had thought Before gunfire erupted suddenly Charity punished Innocence proves nothing You must release me So that I can speak to leaders of your world The message I bring The risk that you face There is too much at stake To play with lives of your world The fate of us all lies in the choices now at hand Your fears are unfounded I mean no harm, but Gort will not hesitate to burn Mankind must face and handle Their crisis breaking point Mankind must choose where to go Ruin or beyond Consumed by war, rattled by fear Distrustful of each other, yet There is still good, hope and a path That might allow them still to grow One final choice you will get Before you risk it all One final choice: Self-control or ash 03. Enemy Mine Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Riled up by hate, so bold and brash
Yet here I stand, with an enemy's child in hand Two warring tribes, and ancient strife Mankind has risen to another kind of life Resource control - it's still the same Just different races that are doomed to feel the pain We must decide if we will try To come together and redeem our souls You saved my life. Why, might I ask? Not long ago I would have killed you right on sight Fear causes hate - Hate causes death If we don't work together, we'll take our final breath We must decide if we will try To come together and redeem all our souls Love offers so much more To understand your foe will turn him into a friend You're my enemy mine - Hate offers so much less To hate who should be your friend will turn you into the beast You're my enemy mine Human and Drac, brothers and one A child so pure and grand - a token of the bond Fight and strive, protect the flame Take dear Zammis back to whence his father came 04. The Visitor Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Dust against the window pane - My hands are trembling in shock
Tremendous was the pain - But theirs was all the worse Never again to be defiled or hurt I stand above them both Lamenting crying, cold - A tired wretched soul begging for a friend Crushed by the weight - Don't want to be so scarred and scared You captured and you killed - You took all that I had Crushed by the weight - Don't want to be so frail and weak I've got nowhere to go and nothing left to gain I'm taking off my clothes alone The river shines the moonlight I walk into the stream and disappear beneath Never again, to be defiled and weak I drift below it all Waiting empty, dead A warm and friendly face enters in my soul Crushed by the weight - Don't want to be so scarred and scared You came into my mind - You gave me precious time Crushed by the weight - Don't want to feel so frail and small But now I have the chance to recover in time Inhabit my spirit - I trust you to keep me safe Use this body well - I know you care for me With your help, I know I'll be A normal man again, on whom you can depend You are my friend - Trusting to the flow I've brought the light to you - A friend forever I have to leave you hear now but trust my new friend Powell There is no need to thank me - I am your loyal friend 05. Total Recall Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Recall the day, recall the dreams - Was it all real or just implanted memories?
A moment of peace, some time to think - To help me process what's happened to me Racing through ebony - Highlighted by fluorescent color schemes You can't deny, though you may try 'Cos I am the light - Yes, I am the light - So follow me You will obey what I will say 'Cos I am the light - Time is against us, so run! Am I Quaid or someone else? Am I to trust this man apparently myself? There's no respite, no time to lose Go back to Mars and follow the cues Racing through hallways gray The smell of smoking flesh and clogged airways So much despair for lack of air - I am the light Yes, I am the light up here on Mars Can it be true that I'm not me? Could it be that everything was simply a ploy? I'm just a tool, means to an end? If I don't fight them now I'll be reborn again Caverns of burgundy and pools of blood that carve a path to lower ground Accept your fate - I'll activate and turn on the light Yes, turn on the light - So follow me 06. Queen Of The Galaxy Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by Norman Skinner
Sent to a planet of sin on a critical mission
When suddenly I crash landed Encountered beings so strange and was quickly led astray This labyrinth holds no escape There must be a way out of here United we'll stand and together we will fly Into the night with you by my side we will defy and face this evil together Time begins to slow as the darkness grows Surrounded by a thousand lost souls Trapped in the depths of hell where only the damned dwell Set free by an angel As we brave our way into the dream chamber Two against tyranny Angel of destiny and the queen of the galaxy 07. Roughnecks Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Humankind has stepped beyond their green and fertile home world
Colonize the galaxy and reach beyond Even so, despite the growth Some things will never change here Enter now catastrophe and wonder why it has happened Arachno-terror - purest vengeance An accident or allowed to happen? Saddle up, lock and load! Your home world needs your manpower Tiny specks of gray and white flood through the dark expanse Many ships packed to the brim with flesh and firepower Starving for the certain chance to shed some blood and scream But as the doors crash open I can feel The thirst is gone from me For when I hear the screams of friends die down The thirst for blood is gone "Come on, you apes! Do you want to live forever?" Hardened war vets falling down, shaken in their resolve Even all we have for tech - somehow we couldn't stop it See how strange it is that this still has come to pass Is it possible that this was planned or permitted? Pressure now to be the best one An accident or allowed to happen? And as the war is done with little me The pain is never dull For when I think back on the war I fought The loss of humanity We stood by, and for what? Resource hunt... 08. Blood In The Ice Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
It's howling, it's droning - The wind is screaming
The burning ice, it numbs my skin Check mate, your move - But I've got one last ace to play We're damned, alone - We'll freeze before the sun comes up Beginning, the start of the downward spiral It came from the whiteness - a helpless pup without a hope Gave shelter, sustenance and bedding for it Then chaos and bloodshed destroyed the kennel A monster, some creature we burned to ashes We thought it was over, but then we learned the truth No one is safe to trust yet together we must stand Cellular assault and violation - Twist and turn inside the crimson stream It's vile, it's writhing, it's sick and spiny - It rips through your clothing and enters you Move your pawns and rooks - I'll beat you at your game Move your pawns and rooks - I'll set them all aflame In the vice of madness - No one trusts each other - We're all so tired Men change in an instant - Even when not infected - We're all so tired There's nowhere that we can go to - There's no one who can help It's fight or and die or run and die Some would take their own lives in the face of certain death They would hide and leave you if they could These are men who rob others of the possibility to die right Testing blood to find the thing among us One by one I put it to the flame A droplet of sweat falls and Palmer's face turns still The carnage, the wreckage - There's nothing left to do Move your pawns and rooks - It's down to just two kings Move your pawns and rooks - But still I hide the flame "Well what do we do?" "Why don't we wait for a while... See what happens." 09. Heart Of The Furyan Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Five years since Kyra's death
And still I cannot take a warm and easy breath I don't belong here and they won't stop attempts upon my life I simply wish to go back home Will you not help me find Furya? As you can see, my presence here cannot last What I offer you is a twilight path A way to die, a way to live Betrayal follows me around just like a cloud And yet for how fair I have been Despite the patience I have shown My willingness to deal in fairness And yet you stab me in the back Heart of the Furyan - My home world calls to me with every heartbeat Heart of the Furyan - Last of my kind, but first to see you punished Buried alive and abandoned Survived the fiercest wild beasts But desolation has a side Of warm and kindness hid beneath The birds now leave their nest behind Searching for a welcome sign Until they reach the lost horizon They'll find no peace nor love and kindness Never again shall I entrust myself to them The Necromongers shall be paid Paid back in full with their blood I shall be made into the mold A cast of blood and iron ore It will never be enough The price cannot be paid in full 10. Altair IV: The Forbidden Planet Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
I warn you all to stay away, please do not land
It's dangerous and thus I cannot guarantee your safety Every colonist, every living soul Perished in a bloody, filthy mess of gore and bone Altair IV The id comes alive I wash my hands of what may occur down here It's not my doing and I've made it very clear But if you must insist, I will not turn away Just make your business quick and then be on your way My daughter Altaira, innocent like Eve A tamer of the wild, but naïve with people I'd rather not think about what Adams' men have done I cannot shake the feeling that something wicked this way comes Behold, the mighty Krell who reigned here long ago Their tech advanced up to the point where they could create anything, Anything that you could imagine - think and make it so! How wonderful, spectacular Can it affect your dreams? And so the slaughter the came, and now they're in my home I had nothing to do with it I tried to warn you all away My mind has changed when I survived the Krell machine But never would I ever think that this was due to me It's hard to come to terms - the beast is made by me The thunder is in the hallway burning through the door It's the only view that's logical or sound I disown the evil that lurks within my subconscious 11. Always Right Here Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by John Yelland
Silence, now it ends
An entity that I have struggled to conceal Silence, now I break We're sick. I think we're dying Fill my mind with wonder Make a call to someone far away Fill my heart with hope Mend this lonely heart for me Fill my mind with wonder Clean these wounds and make me whole again Fill my heart with hope Wash my wounds again Be the friend I need We'll create a fantasy We can travel Oz We can wander throughout Neverland Keep him from the grownups Careful with the dog In our eyes he takes form In our hearts he lives Fill my mind with wonder Our beloved stranger Fill my heart with hope Longing for my home Fill my mind with wonder Let the flowers drink deep Fill my heart with hope You should always know I'll be right here 12. Journey Beyond The Stars Music by Jason Ashcraft Lyrics by Norman Skinner, John Yelland
Nine years and counting
Since the failure to find what lies near Jupiter A dark connection between the relics They never found the answers there "My mission destroyed by lies" As we travel towards Europa my mind is full of wonder Drawing close to Jupiter - More questions than answers The warning A lunar discovery emits a signal pointing us to Europa A journey revealing hints to the riddle that we've pondered for so long Why all the lies and secrecy? Why is it so hard to believe there's good in me? Who would refuse a sacrifice for friends? I will remain - Let my life go with the breeze What you are about to behold is something wonderful But first you need to go - The birth of a new world Nations still on the ancient war path Their might has only ever grown Nukes are on the orbital path Our satellites aimed below We must put differences aside No delay, the choice is death or unite We're a part of it, this future - A plan we didn't help create We are integral and cherished - They see potential in our race There is meaning and power - A race of destiny we'll be Staring back behind us as we narrowly escape A calmness settles over us as all fear fades Black monoliths converge in darkness and in flame A new star is born - A new world is made "All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there." |