Can't you hear that creaking? That creeping death shrieks out into vast, black emptiness. I swear, I hear something. We're suiting up. Pressure medicine takes hold. Cast out into the vacuum again. It reaches on and on, containing dangers and perils unknown. Sound off. We await your report. Can you read me? “I can see the source, control. I've reached the outer hull. It seems we left some kind of vapor trail behind. No... It's a cloud.” Let's get you back inside. Let's turn this boat around. So, this is how it ends. Long night. Nine lives. Hive mind. I try to curse, forgot how to speak. Trillions of tiny machines, I bring them back with me. Woe. Spaceship Catalyst heads home, a sonic wave in a stellar void of only dust and light. On board: Nine passengers (nine healthy hosts) and a strange stowaway they don't know. Can't you hear me? I can't hear you.
credits
from 'Voyager',
track released September 4, 2012
The Catalyst
recorded at Sound of Music in Richmond, VA with Bryan Walthall
mastered by Carl Saff
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