The 8th Passenger

from Trials Through Time by ArkenFire

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We awake from cryosleep to a signal of despair
Touching down on foreign soil to see what we find there
A ship lay in the distance abandoned long ago
Sent to explore its worn and battered hull

Ancient being laid to rest
Ruptured from within his chest

Fog covers cold steel floor hiding something just beneath
A closer look reveals pods as far as the eye can see

A parasite melts through the glass to infiltrate
Plant the seed and germinate
Comatose to wide awake
Eruption and escape

Perfect being without morality
Silent prowler driven by hostility

Endless hallways closing in
Is there any way to win?

There is nowhere we can run
Annihilation has begun
The crew exterminated one by one

A machine plays with the threads of our human lives
In the guise of a man he doomed us with his lies
Perverted protocol to preserve alien life
Mother turned her back on us
How will we survive?

Strobing lights and warning sounds
Self destruction counting down

Mandibles ooze viscous spit that falls upon the floor
Face to face and terrified I’m frozen to the core

Detach and drift out into the black expanse
Flash of white pulls me into a trance
Time ceases to elapse
Exhaustion and collapse

Perfect being without morality
Silent prowler driven by hostility
Endless corridors a maze
Alien stalks us in silence

There is nowhere we can run
Annihilation carries on
The crew exterminated all but one

Floating alone in the hollowness of space
Sweat clinging like a second skin
Rapid breaths have just begun to slow
Not alone, not again

Open the door to the arms of emptiness
Skewered, ejected into the star’s caress
One last report
The ship and crew are lost
Lone survivor signing off

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from Trials Through Time, released August 20, 2021

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