[00:00.00] 作词 : Tuomas Holopainen
[00:00.53] 作曲 : Tuomas Holopainen/Marko Hietala
[00:01.06]If l could get my shit together
[03:41.89]Archaean horizon
[03:53.59]The first sunrise
[04:05.02]On a pristine Gaea
[04:16.76]Opus perfectum
[04:22.26]Somewhere there, us sleeping
[05:22.11]"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries
[05:24.45]we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet,
[05:28.19]sparkling with color, bountiful with life.
[05:31.35]Within decades we must close our eyes again.
[05:34.91]Isn't it a noble and enlightened way of spending our brief time
[05:39.62]in the sun, to work at understanding the universe
[05:43.79]and how we have come to wake up in it?"
[05:47.06]*Part 2: Life*
[06:29.57]The cosmic law of gravity
[06:32.05]Pulled the newborns around a fire
[06:36.31]A careless cold infinity in every vast direction
[06:43.68]Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone
[06:46.54]She has a tale to tell
[06:50.58]From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast
[06:56.13]Enter LUCA
[06:57.72]The tapestry of chemistry
[07:03.92]There's a writing in the garden
[07:09.37]Leading us to the mother of all
[07:14.49]We are one
[07:17.82]We are a universe
[07:21.61]Forebears of what will be
[07:25.17]Scions of the Devonian sea
[07:28.89]Aeons pass
[07:32.03]Writing the tale of us all
[07:35.81]A day-to-day new opening
[07:38.80]For the greatest show on Earth
[07:43.46]Ion channels welcoming the outside world
[07:47.43]To the stuff of stars
[07:50.28]Bedding the tree of a biological holy
[07:53.18]Enter life
[07:57.27]The tapestry of chemistry
[08:03.52]There's a writing in the garden
[08:09.73]Leading us to the mother of all
[08:14.74]We are one
[08:18.26]We are a universe
[08:21.61]Forebears of what will be
[08:24.67]Scions of the Devonian sea
[08:28.84]Aeons pass
[08:31.84]Writing the tale of us all
[08:35.67]A day-to-day new opening
[08:39.34]For the greatest show on Earth
[09:11.19]We are here to care for the garden
[09:17.76]The wonder of birth
[09:21.26]Of every form most beautiful
[09:30.88]Every form most beautiful
[09:39.63]We are one
[09:42.73]We are a universe
[09:46.07]Forebears of what will be
[09:49.83]Scions of the Devonian sea
[09:53.44]Aeons pass writing the tale of us all
[10:00.33]A day-to-day new opening
[10:03.59]For the greatest show on Earth
[11:28.09]*Part 3: The Toolmaker*
[12:18.38]After a billion years
[12:20.18]The show is still here
[12:21.84]Not a single one of your fathers died young
[12:24.94]The handy travelers
[12:26.46]Out of Africa
[12:28.04]Little Lucy of the Afar
[12:31.17]Gave birth to fantasy
[12:32.62]To idolatry
[12:34.26]To self-destructive weaponry
[12:37.55]Enter the God of gaps
[12:39.38]Deep within the past
[12:40.63]Atavistic dread of the hunted
[12:56.44]Enter Ionia, the cradle of thought
[12:59.37]The architecture of understanding
[13:02.63]The human lust to feel so exceptional
[13:05.63]To rule the Earth
[13:08.44]Hunger for shiny rocks
[13:10.23]For giant mushroom clouds
[13:11.87]The will to do just as you'd be done by
[13:14.85]Enter history, the grand finale
[13:18.12]Enter ratkind
[13:21.88]Man, he took his time in the sun
[13:25.26]Had a dream to understand
[13:28.31]A single grain of sand
[13:33.48]He gave birth to poetry
[13:37.61]But one day'll cease to be
[13:40.43]Greet the last light of the library
[14:48.47]Man, he took his time in the sun
[14:52.22]Had a dream to understand
[14:55.53]A single grain of sand
[15:00.64]He gave birth to poetry
[15:04.59]But one day'll cease to be
[15:08.11]Greet the last light of the library
[15:13.21]Man, he took his time in the sun
[15:17.14]Had a dream to understand
[15:20.54]A single grain of sand
[15:25.52]He gave birth to poetry
[15:29.63]But one day'll cease to be
[15:32.95]Greet the last light of the library
[15:42.72]We were here!
[15:55.18]We were here!
[16:08.08]We were here!
[16:19.83]We were here!

作词 : Tuomas Holopainen
作曲 : Tuomas Holopainen/Marko Hietala
If l could get my shit together
Archaean horizon
The first sunrise
On a pristine Gaea
Opus perfectum
Somewhere there, us sleeping
"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries
we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet,
sparkling with color, bountiful with life.
Within decades we must close our eyes again.
Isn't it a noble and enlightened way of spending our brief time
in the sun, to work at understanding the universe
and how we have come to wake up in it?"
*Part 2: Life*
The cosmic law of gravity
Pulled the newborns around a fire
A careless cold infinity in every vast direction
Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone
She has a tale to tell
From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast
Enter LUCA
The tapestry of chemistry
There's a writing in the garden
Leading us to the mother of all
We are one
We are a universe
Forebears of what will be
Scions of the Devonian sea
Aeons pass
Writing the tale of us all
A day-to-day new opening
For the greatest show on Earth
Ion channels welcoming the outside world
To the stuff of stars
Bedding the tree of a biological holy
Enter life
The tapestry of chemistry
There's a writing in the garden
Leading us to the mother of all
We are one
We are a universe
Forebears of what will be
Scions of the Devonian sea
Aeons pass
Writing the tale of us all
A day-to-day new opening
For the greatest show on Earth
We are here to care for the garden
The wonder of birth
Of every form most beautiful
Every form most beautiful
We are one
We are a universe
Forebears of what will be
Scions of the Devonian sea
Aeons pass writing the tale of us all
A day-to-day new opening
For the greatest show on Earth
*Part 3: The Toolmaker*
After a billion years
The show is still here
Not a single one of your fathers died young
The handy travelers
Out of Africa
Little Lucy of the Afar
Gave birth to fantasy
To idolatry
To self-destructive weaponry
Enter the God of gaps
Deep within the past
Atavistic dread of the hunted
Enter Ionia, the cradle of thought
The architecture of understanding
The human lust to feel so exceptional
To rule the Earth
Hunger for shiny rocks
For giant mushroom clouds
The will to do just as you'd be done by
Enter history, the grand finale
Enter ratkind
Man, he took his time in the sun
Had a dream to understand
A single grain of sand
He gave birth to poetry
But one day'll cease to be
Greet the last light of the library
Man, he took his time in the sun
Had a dream to understand
A single grain of sand
He gave birth to poetry
But one day'll cease to be
Greet the last light of the library
Man, he took his time in the sun
Had a dream to understand
A single grain of sand
He gave birth to poetry
But one day'll cease to be
Greet the last light of the library
We were here!
We were here!
We were here!
We were here!