This Symphony is the core of the End and the Beginning

These last nights on Mars
They have been the best and happiest of my lives
The pool of black sky behind you spreads out
as if it were the arms of the Destroyer

"Nothing" you whisper
and I know it's no lie
It's a promise

The days before settlement
They were so full of hardship and
they were twisted with resentment
The heavy machines reach towards the sky
A cat's whiskers telling me 'no'

I have seen the others
They stand on the hills and watch the stars scream and come to devour them
Never weeping for what could have been
But happy to have seen the event together

"Nothing" you whisper
and I know it's no lie
No spires of dust and clay between us
No man or woman or beast can tear us apart

Standing on the hill together
On these last nights
A promise