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ANNEALID

We heard of the commander’s mission

To invade our homeworld and capture our kin

To reap their flesh like a crop from a harvest

We watched from afar as they boarded their death ships

We needed to warn those still left on our our planet

To hide from the Earthmen or their doom would be imminent

Smoke on the horizon from the ignitions

Thousands of vessels equipped for invasion

The scientist helped us to set up communications

To send a distress signal to our distant relations

(Guitar solo #1: “Home Forever Lost?”)

Their ships blazed upwards like white-hot harpoons

Aimed for the heart of our home planet

Will this be their doom?

Be aware the Earthman's lies

Fear the reaper

Be aware the Earthman's scythe

To carve away your hides

Be aware the Earthman comes

Fear the reaper

COMMANDER

Just as the frontiersmen of old, prospectors that panned for gold

We must not harbor reticence, care and mercy get thee hence

At first we thought they might reverse the damage done to planet Earth

But instead they made things worse, blessings turned into a curse

Then they, baptized in the flames, our saviors once again became

Our survival is the test, our fate mandated, manifest

SCIENTIST

The signal that I helped transmit

To the Annealids planet

Will warn them of their destruction

From this corruption

I’m disappointed in my race

Our desire to take and take

I felt the need to make things right

I hope it reaches them in time

(Guitar solo #2 “Attempting Connection”)

(Guitar solo #3 “Transmission Successful”)

ANNEALID DISTRESS SIGNAL

“Dearest kin, you must listen

This is an urgent message of warning

The humans are harvesting!

He's coming for your hides!”