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The Message 04: The Message
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Interstellar messages from dying worlds. Title song from the album.
sci fi space opera
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Hopefully intelligent, upbeat, pop rock - plus multiple other genres and rabbit holes I enter
The band is ME - plus any collaborators I can convince to come along for the ride. I love the process of song writing and production - I hope some others get some enjoyments - or chuckles out of these tunes.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
Peak #67
Peak in subgenre #13
Author
Ron Tintner
Rights
2009
Uploaded
May 16, 2025
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MP3
MP3 10.3 MB • 320 kbps • 4:30
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WAV 45.4 MB
Story behind the song
The Message is the story of a man that receives an interstellar message, transmitted from a dying planet that portends bad things for much of the universe including Earth. He resists, but ultimately succumbs to act on this (ala Moses or Noah). He warns and gathers people and deals with the difficulties and uncertainties of interstellar travel. And once reaching the planet, massive adaptations and transformations occur.
Lyrics
The Message Ron Tintner 2009 V1: Light years from the roar of Earth In a quiet part of the universe A barren planet sees its fate In the rays of a dying star V2: Then in the dark of cosmic night The sky explodes with caustic light A signal meant for seeing eyes That don't know where they are RISE: And from the photic aftershock A message pulses like a clock Through interstellar spaces On UV EMR CH: Over and over An echo, an omen A puzzle, a cipher, a sign? Over and over A message is woven All through the fabric of time V3: On solar waves it radiates Toward distant worlds it gravitates Like parchment in a bottle Floating to the shore V4: We comb the sands of space and time We sense the rhythm, seek the rhyme And the meaning in the message From a long departed star RISE 2 A leap of faith, a cry of love A futile prayer to gods above A missive to a universe That knows not who they are --CHORUS-- -- BREAK, 8 bars -- RISE 3: And from the photic aftershock The message pulses like a clock And after ten millennia Goes on and on and on -- CHORUS--
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