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Aquatic Race
[Ship’s Crew]
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race!

[Historian and Captain]
Our world is ruined
No turning back
Their fate is cruel
Their future black
Last Day is here
They lost all power
The end is near
It’s zero hour
Our time is short
We need to leave
We’re all aboard
We’re all complete
All set to go
Switch engines on
Set your controls
We leave at dawn

[Opposition Leader]
This time we won’t depend on cold machinery
I always knew where that would lead
This time we plan ahead and form our strategy
No computers, no machines!
[Diplomat]
Hibernation now begins, our minds allowed to dream
Eternity will course through our veins
Transformation will set in, the Source is flowing free
Augmenting our brains, forever!

[Historian and Captain]
Our final chance
Our final leap
We’ll be in trance
We’ll be asleep
What will we dream?
Will it seem real?
What will we see?
How will we feel?

[President]
I say we change our ways and learn from the past
We cannot make the same mistakes!
I say we start today, this chance may be our last
Our people’s futures are at stake!

[Counselor]
Rejuvenation will begin, our thoughts allowed to stray
Infinity will liberate our minds!
Immortality sets in, wash our fears away
Leave all our doubts behind, forever
[Chemist]
Let the fluid in, wash away
Immerse yourself into this realm of liquid dreams
Everlasting life, drown away your past
Allow yourself to drift beyond the bounds of death and reach out for infinity

[Biologist and Astronomer]
Get ready for takeoff
And forget the ‘Frame
Get ready to shake off
All the guilty chains
Our ship is departing
To a far-off place
Our saga is starting
An aquatic race!

[Ship’s Crew]
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race!

[Chemist]
Embrace our future home beneath the tides
Soon we will be one with our new ocean world
Time without an end, life without a care
Allow yourself to sail beyond the fringe of time and reach out for eternity
[Biologist and Astronomer]
Get ready for takeoff
And forget the ‘Frame
Get ready to shake off
All the guilty chains
Our ship is departing
To a far-off place
Our saga is starting
An aquatic race!

[Ship’s Crew]
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race!