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My House On Mars Lyrics
"It is the end of the 21st Century. I have returned to my own childhood. I remember it
all as the Dream Sequencer images mix with my own recollections. This is the day my
sister and I realised that we would never see the planet Earth."
[Johan Edlund, Floor Jansen]
Daddy where are you now
Forgot about your vow?
You promised you'd return and take me to Earth
Did you have to fight that war
What was it all for?
The honor of one's name, what is it worth?
I'm all alone - we're all alone
My future's unknown - our future's unknown
I reach out to the stars out here in my house on Mars
Mother did you hear me cry?
You never told me why
You put me in this world of rock and dust
No friends for playing games
No foes who scorn my name
Computerized machines of steel and rust
Is this my home? - this is our home
This desolate dome - this desolate dome
I call out to the stars: I'm alone in my house on Mars
I'll never smell the ocean breeze
I'll never climb the highest trees
I'll never feel the burning sun
I'll never meet my chosen one... in my house
Daddy I forgive you now
You could not keep your vow
You will never return, I'll never see Earth
My time has come - our time has come
I'm emotionally numb - emotionally numb
I'm headed for the stars, I'm leaving my house on Mars
No friends in my house on Mars
No foes in my house on Mars
I was born in my house on Mars
I will die in my house on Mars
all as the Dream Sequencer images mix with my own recollections. This is the day my
sister and I realised that we would never see the planet Earth."
Forgot about your vow?
You promised you'd return and take me to Earth
What was it all for?
The honor of one's name, what is it worth?
My future's unknown - our future's unknown
I reach out to the stars out here in my house on Mars
You never told me why
You put me in this world of rock and dust
No foes who scorn my name
Computerized machines of steel and rust
This desolate dome - this desolate dome
I call out to the stars: I'm alone in my house on Mars
I'll never climb the highest trees
I'll never feel the burning sun
I'll never meet my chosen one... in my house
You could not keep your vow
You will never return, I'll never see Earth
I'm emotionally numb - emotionally numb
I'm headed for the stars, I'm leaving my house on Mars
No friends in my house on Mars
No foes in my house on Mars
I was born in my house on Mars
I will die in my house on Mars
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THis is pretty damn trippy, yet very well executed. Bleeds pink floyd.
"No friends for playing games No foes who scorn my name Computerized machines of steel and rust"
To me, it's a song about loneliness.
Like living in a strange town where you don't know anyone, and working from home. All your interaction with the outside world is via screens - computerized machines. Seems like Ayreon has pre-dated COVID and the great migration.
And you're so lonely that you feel like you'll might as well live on Mars.
"My time has come - our time has come I'm emotionally numb - emotionally numb I'm headed for the stars, I'm leaving my house on Mars"
This has suddenly turned darker - sounds like death to me - this is finally over and you're leaving for the stars.
And to confirm that:
"I will die in my house on Mars"
So your body ain't going nowhere. But your soul is. Hence "The Universal Migrator".