In a matter of a moment
Lost till the end of time
It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine
Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears
Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side
Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Lost till the end of time
It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine
Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears
Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side
Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time
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"In a matter of a moment
Lost till the end of time
It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine"
As we all should know, it takes a long time for light to travel across the universe. The stars we see may are not the stars as they are now. So the "moment lost til the end of time" is the "carbon copy" of the image the light reflects into the universe that exists for much longer than we can imagine.
It's just another evening of another day to the character in the song, which emphasizes the amazing concept of an image of an entire world existing and speeding throughout the universe long after that world is destroyed. "The end of mine" I think just means it's the end of the character's day, not that it's the end of human reign or whatever.
"Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears"
Again, the starlight lost for a million years is just the length of time that it took the light to reach the character. The light tries to linger longer, but eventually it will die.
"Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind"
Is it possible someone on another planet will look at the sky and see our solar system millions of years from now? Imagine the technology that person could have on that foreign planet. Perhaps one day it will be possible to take a picture of the sky with a digital camera, load it onto your computer, and use PhotoShop to zoom in so close that you can actually see activity on the planet that happened millions of years ago. Will other beings be able to "see into our minds" in this way?
"Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side"
A telescope perhaps?
"Some other place"
This obviously suggests it cannot be where the character is. So I don't really think robots and world domination are an aspect of this song.
"Some other time"
This just enforces the suggestion that someone is seeing us either in the future or in the past (is it possible to find another planet, zoom in on it, and see someone a million years ago doing the same thing to us?).
It encapsulates the mystery and awe that UFOs inspire, and most interestingly it offers up an amazingly strange and wonderful concept (scifi as it may seem): an intelligence from elsewhere in the stars spying on us and even having an interest in our lives.
"It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine"
But as with everything Alan Parsons does, there are oceans of nuances. Normally his songs provoke deep thought. This song is a masterpiece on a number of levels.
Clearly, the author of these lyrics has a wealthy understanding of THE STANDARD MODEL OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. & STRING THEORY. Because of the elegance of the lyrics he delivers a mild discussion of INTERSECTING UNIVERSES: "Could it be that somebody else is looking into mind?" And "Like a mirror held before me Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side"
This song is a general expose of their target audience...educated, contemplative and pretty bright.