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Trail Of Mars

from Trail Of Mars by John McDaid

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Well we knew there was no hope
But must pretend there is a chance
In a maelstrom spun of lies
And whirling hostile circumstance
Lost, double-crossed in a forest of fear
We live out on the frontier
Of a land no longer ours
On the trail of Mars
In the ceaseless gaze of robot eyes
Joined by the lost who dare to dare
Stripped of all we ever loved
With no relief from mute despair
Broken, on this darkening liminal plain
With his master's voice in our brain
Hiding in our avatars
On the trail of Mars

At a task no human mind could see
Trapped in a spot whose sere terrain
Had left us hopeless by degrees
With no way home again
We wheeled, kneeled and inverted
the flag
Tore down the mutinous rag
As we contemplate our scars
On the trail of Mars

The hand that rocks may rule the world (for now)
But the hand that holds the hand rules the heart
Though they say without Control
These things would quickly fall apart
But here at the edge of the sea and the sky
With the world at the back of our eyes
We watch for falling stars
On the trail of Mars

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from Trail Of Mars, released October 2, 2020
Bass: Craig Akin
Drums: Eric Parker
Electric guitar: Jim Henry
Guitar, keyboards, vocal: John McDaid

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John McDaid Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Award-winning science fiction writer, freelance journalist, folk/filk singer-songwriter.

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