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STORY

The year is 2584, the first interstellar colony ship is set to leave earth-orbit after almost three decades of construction and tests. A massive 300 000+ crew, the best and brightest spirits of every country on Earth, has undertaken a long and gruelling selection and training process, and they are all eager to make humanity the first multi-stellar species.

Unbeknownst to them, a tiny group of opportunists has endeavoured to thwart their pretentious plans. A few thousand ants have managed to climb aboard one of the last shipments of goods from the Cape Canaveral supply rocket launching ground with their queen.

Will these resourceful insects survive the centuries of interstellar travel that awaits them?
Will they beat humanity to the punch and become the first species to set foot on an exoplanet?

Origin: “I started writing this song during a road-trip through the US east coast in a time that already feels distant and foreign… November 2019. I was inspired by a lonely ant who hopped in our car as we left North Carolina’s Outer Banks and stayed with us all the way to the New Jersey Pinelands.

I just thought about how massive and unfathomable that distance must have felt to such a small being and found parallels to our perception of outer space and interstellar distances. That’s the emotion I wanted to convey in the song, as well as the hope and exhilaration that inhabits explorers and pioneers.”

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Spirited away by giants
On a thunderous steed of steel
Carried through the realms of titans
By blazing wheels
And the ground begins to roar
Through the great unknown we soar

Our grand odyssey
Began in utmost innocence
Following a trail of crumbs
Towards a feast for queens
Though we didn’t know
By entering the cargo hold
We had crossed the threshold
Into the world of man

Stowaway ants!
On our way to a foreign land
Taken by the hands of fate
Our destiny awaits
Stowaway Ants!
Thrown like dice in a game of chance
Taken from our kin and soil
And cast into turmoil!

As our legs meet the promised sand
We draw the lines of our destiny
Under the rays of this pale blue star
We have come so far
As Prometheus gave you light
You have lifted us to new heights

As we’re growing strong
We see the light in the endless night
Knowing they will call for us
When the time is right
We will sail again
In quest of an uncharted world
For we may be very small
But we can pull our weight!

Stowaway ants!
On our way to a foreign land
Taken by the hands of fate
Our destiny awaits
Stowaway Ants!
Thrown like dice in a game of chance
Taken from our kin and soil
And cast into turmoil!

credits

from Science Fiction Double Feature, track released December 12, 2020
Music by Ozymandias
Lyrics by Harakoa & Ozymandias

Drums & Drum Programming by Jotunbot
Saxophone by Krogorlon
Vocals, guitars and sound design by Ozymandias
Vocals and synths by Harakoa
Bass by Votson

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Space Disco Synth Metal with operatic vocals, epic sci-fi stories and powerful production. Alpha Boötis' music aims to take you on a journey through the stars and the eons.

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