Watchers From Above
from Invasive EP by James Paddock
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This song explores our intention to spread our genetic code to other planets and to populate, colonise and terraform other worlds among the stars. Lyrically, there are scattered reflections on the Fermi Paradox – the discrepancy between the statistical likelihood of life being sustainable on other worlds (given the universe's seemingly infinite size), and the complete absence of hard evidence that it exists at all.
One wonders what our first instinct will be upon contact with intelligent alien life. Will we be peaceful and seek to collaborate, or warlike and seek to conquer? Are we presently looking upon distant worlds with intent to coexist and negotiate? Or to invade as soon as the option presents itself?
Is there any hope for humankind within this generation – or the hundreds still to come – that we will summon the technological fortitude to finally take us into the deeper reaches of the universe, and, of greater importance, keep us sustained there? Will we ever find a world as perfectly suited for life as Earth?
For all the vastness of the universe and the statistically infinite possibilities for life it can afford, so far we've found nothing in the way of proof that life can exist outside of the realm of our pale blue dot. Even the observable universe as a whole offers little hope for us in its cold, dark expanse. Once conscious of just how much *nothing* is out there, it is hard to shake the feeling of being stranded and alone on this perfect sphere, which, if certain patterns of behaviour on our part persist, may not be for very long in the greater scheme.
Perhaps we can break free of this cosmic solitude one day, but when that day comes will be beholden to our march of forward progress as a species.
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One wonders what our first instinct will be upon contact with intelligent alien life. Will we be peaceful and seek to collaborate, or warlike and seek to conquer? Are we presently looking upon distant worlds with intent to coexist and negotiate? Or to invade as soon as the option presents itself?
Is there any hope for humankind within this generation – or the hundreds still to come – that we will summon the technological fortitude to finally take us into the deeper reaches of the universe, and, of greater importance, keep us sustained there? Will we ever find a world as perfectly suited for life as Earth?
For all the vastness of the universe and the statistically infinite possibilities for life it can afford, so far we've found nothing in the way of proof that life can exist outside of the realm of our pale blue dot. Even the observable universe as a whole offers little hope for us in its cold, dark expanse. Once conscious of just how much *nothing* is out there, it is hard to shake the feeling of being stranded and alone on this perfect sphere, which, if certain patterns of behaviour on our part persist, may not be for very long in the greater scheme.
Perhaps we can break free of this cosmic solitude one day, but when that day comes will be beholden to our march of forward progress as a species.
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lyrics
Humankind combines its minds
The final dimension to find
The void outside magnified
Searching the skies for the signs of a new strain of life
Lonely but full of resolve
We can't wait for fate to unfold
Here we are on our pale blue dot
Staring out - are we demons or gods?
We're watchers from above
Prying eyes pierce the skies
To unveil the heavens' disguise
The void inside amplified
Hostile and wild
But cold, dark and sterile
Oh, no
Our solitude must be dissolved
We can't wait for time to unfold
Here we are on our pale blue dot
Staring out - are we demons or gods?
We're watchers from above
Seems our future's steeped in silence
Freaks of nurture deep in violence
Is there anyone out there who'll help us relate?
Here we are (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
On our pale blue dot (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
Staring out - are they demons or gods?
(Demons or gods?)
And will we see them come?
The final dimension to find
The void outside magnified
Searching the skies for the signs of a new strain of life
Lonely but full of resolve
We can't wait for fate to unfold
Here we are on our pale blue dot
Staring out - are we demons or gods?
We're watchers from above
Prying eyes pierce the skies
To unveil the heavens' disguise
The void inside amplified
Hostile and wild
But cold, dark and sterile
Oh, no
Our solitude must be dissolved
We can't wait for time to unfold
Here we are on our pale blue dot
Staring out - are we demons or gods?
We're watchers from above
Seems our future's steeped in silence
Freaks of nurture deep in violence
Is there anyone out there who'll help us relate?
Here we are (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
On our pale blue dot (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
Staring out - are they demons or gods?
(Demons or gods?)
And will we see them come?
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from Invasive EP,
released May 27, 2023
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James Paddock England, UK
Composer, singer, artist, and video game developer.
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