Name: Starquake 49
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: A story about a distant civilisation in the galaxy trying to go about their daily lives while a nearby star self-destructs

Starquake 49

from Tales from beyond the Stratosphere by Warning Will Robinson

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A story about a distant civilisation in the galaxy trying to go about their daily lives while a nearby star self-destructs

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Around a distant sun in the Milky Way
Lived the people of planet Zarr
And daily life was a matter of course
For everyone near and far
One night they looked into the sky
And saw a blinding light
As a star collapsed to a neutron star
Before the days of Starquake 49

No one thought any more of it,
Life rolled on the same
But the star began to spin and change,
A pulsar it became
Its surface shook and sent out rays,
The cosmic beacon flashed and shined
That’s how it was for the people of Zarr
at the birth of Starquake 49

The planet Zarr was shaken,
tossed and turned by waves from space
From a sea of rays of all descript,
the planet turned its silvery face
Trees grew teeth and cows changed shape,
the rocks began to whine
That ‘s how it was for the people of Zarr
after Starquake 49

Large objects flew upwards,
Snakes began to hiss
Cows changed shape and snowdrifts mounted.
Misconstrued with this
The people of Zarr just carried on
like everything was fine
But the beer went flat and the sky turned red
after Starquake 49

In the winter of Starquake 49

credits

from Tales from beyond the Stratosphere, released June 10, 2015
Dr Smith - vocals, synth
Turbo Girl - vocals, bass
Professor Presley - synth guitar

Special guest appearance by Spike Mason on saxophones

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Warning Will Robinson Hobart, Australia

Warning Will Robinson are a Sci-fi technology band from Hobart, Tasmania that writes about science, gadgets, annoying people and day to day theories on life in general. 2015 marks our 34th Anniversary together!

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