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Orpheus and the Pale Blue Dot

from The Borders of the Night by Spintunes

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As your vision rests upon that
azure vision resting in a
sunshaft in the silent span of space

Focus for as long as you can
focus on that long-abandoned
pixel that you used to call a place

Home, what was ever home?
Home was what was known
Known, what on earth was known?
Nothing, I suppose;
that’s the way it goes,
you don't know until you go

Orpheus of myth, head boldly
for the unknown, with your golden
record that plays “Johnny B Goode”

Poor cousin Eurydice is
lost ‘cause in your idiocy you
looked back, like we knew you would

Go, go, go, Johnny, go,
leave your love below
Row, row, row, row your boat
across the Stygian moat,
evermore to float
through the emptiness alone

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from The Borders of the Night, released December 3, 2023
Micah Sommersmith - composition and lyrics, vocals, accordion, piano
Hot Pink Halo - Stylophone, kalimba, fretless bass
Matt Holland - saxophone, production
Stephen - drums
Evermind - mixing, mastering

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