it was born ages ago throughout the galaxy it travels devouring each world in its path a world gone with each waking breath, massacre of human(oid) life no chance to survive the devastation its claws, its claws are tearing out its teeth, its teeth bloodthirsty sharp its come, its come to claim the land its here, and hungry for your blood awakening of the beast rampaging all across the land, all in its sight consumed a sea of death, mangled, bleeding bones and blood all over the ground, the beast leaves a trail of red soon it will come to claim the earth repeat chorus Dan solo this planet now lies cold and dead, the beast has conquered all its fed upon the souls, the souls of man time once more for the beast to rest, for upon its wake it hungers it finds another world, and starts all over again chorus

(original lyrics to follow along with the original story.) my dream of space travel will finally come true I've perfected warp drive, I'll be first to leave the galaxy I'll be sailing the seas of black, seeing the stars up close visiting the planets around them, and meeting new civilizations but what will happen if they're hostile? strapping me down and dissecting me? I hope they won't but its the risk I'll take to explore the universe sail the seas of black, crossing infinity off we'll go through the galaxy, into endless space and time the pitfalls and the possibilities will be our guiding light explore new worlds, discover cures to save humanity traveling through the galaxy, crossing infinity exploring new worlds and seeing new things advanced cultures and societies my dreams realized nothing will stop me soon as we're ready we will embark pre-chorus & chorus Dan bass solo/Dan guitar solo then repeat pre-chorus & chorus again (after Escaping the Matrix you can go back to Crossing Infinity and follow the lyrics of it on Across Antarctica's Crossing Infinity. the alternate Across Antarctica version of the lyrics will make sense after Escaping the Matrix.)

as the beast rampages the earth, tonight will bring a new destroyer something is hurtling towards the planet heading for collision course, all will die bringing forth the end of the beast's insanity but we'll escape on this night, as we race through the black forward we ride, the stars our guide the beast will die tonight, as we race through the black the moment of cataclysm draws near now to board our ship we must escape this place not gonna be devoured by the beast nor in the fiery path of the asteroid piercing the atmosphere, we're free and we escaped on this night, as we race through the black forward we ride, the stars our guide the beast dies tonight, as we race through the black the moment of cataclysm is here Dan solo the moment of cataclysm has come and the earth has been destroyed the beast is dead, no more worlds will be consumed and now we must find a new home and we escaped on this night, as we race through the black forward we ride, the stars our guide the beast has died tonight, as we race through the black the moment of cataclysm has come

in horror we watch the earth explode but the beast has drawn its last breath hurtling on into the unknown a wave slams us off course all we've known is gone, they're all dead now we're all that's left flying blind into the dark, no one can help us now we're all alone, but for our will to live will we find a new home, a new life or will we just die alone? trembling in fear, no clue what to do trying to balance the ship straightening out, realizing what's gone staring into the rear-view screen repeat pre-chorus & chorus Vin solo watching the earth fade into dust feel the ship starting to shake switching the main screen back to front-view staring head-on into a black hole repeat pre-chorus & chorus then: flying blind into the dark, no one can save us now we're all alone, but for our will to live our stomachs drop as the black hole devours screaming out, is this the end?

(original lyrics...follow these for the story to make sense) Pat solo emerging alive at the other side darkness is all that we see sitting adrift and the controls show that we are so far away then we see light, emerge from afar in a flash we're in a new space two suns and more moons, six planets around suddenly our systems turn off now we're so far away from all we knew and all we had have we found a home will we live a life again? Pat solo In another flash we're in a white room no longer aboard the ship in a panic we're up, looking for a door but there is no door to be found then one by one, three beings appear strange-looking humanoid forms they're looking at us, we're looking at them wondering what they're gonna do now we're so far away from all we knew and all we had caught in a black hole, took us to some new place captured by these things, strange-looking aliens have we found a home, or are we now their prisoners? Pat solos Dan & Pat harmony Pat solo Dan & Pat harmony repeat chorus

(original lyrics...follow these for the story to make sense) staring face to face with the unknown these things stand before us one of them now begins to talk speaking in tongues that we can't understand can't understand what are they saying? we don't understand are they friend or foe? will they help us or will they kill us? we're terrified to learn, they could be a very savage race will we live through this? will they help us or will they kill us? are we doomed tonight? the fear is taking a hold of us one of them puts something on my ear translating to words that we wanna hear they're saying they know where we come from and that they've been to earth in the past to earth in the past, they came to our planet, they came to the earth repeat chorus Pat solo we tell them the earth has been destroyed and that we are the only ones left they are shocked they don't believe us they need to see for themselves repeat chorus

gazing out into the endless black overwhelming feelings of displacement grow once we had a home, a life, a purpose people that we cared for, who cared for us are gone now we are truly alone are we losing our minds, are we going insane now? with no one to guide us, no one to help what is it we're even looking for? Dan & Lewis chorus vocals: reflections of the past coming over me reflections of the past washing over me is this a dream, are we alive or dead? sometimes I just can't tell, it seems so unreal as I stare into the unknown wondering what I'd be up to if I could still be there repeat pre-chorus & chorus Dan solo Vin solo now we're headed back to the very site aboard a strange ship with a strange people as it turns out they are not to fear and they were only there to study our home and life now we are truly alone are we losing our minds, are we going insane now? maybe they can guide us, maybe they can help or maybe we should not be so quick to trust repeat chorus Lewis main vocal & lyrics by Lewis: in darkness I remain as my bloody tears flow down my face as I fall into a dark abyss where the cold wind is my embrace is this all that's left for me? part of myself is ripped away all that's left and all I need are reflections of the past Dan solo Vin solo Dan solo Vin solo Vin & Dan solo-harmony Vin & Dan solo

lying awake, afraid to fall back to sleep for in my dreamstate, horrifying images in these nightmares, what do they mean? bodily devourment, what am I seeing? torn flesh ripped apart, human life consumed bones and blood are scattered, my own body's in pieces cold sweat, wake in fright, sleepless nights heart pounds, I don't know what they mean--nightmares Dan guitar noise I can't see my arms, where are my legs? they're lying in a pool of blood, something's consuming me vicious teeth bloodthirsty sharp, tears my flesh to shreds every time I try to sleep, disturbing images I have the same nightmare, what am I remembering? repeat chorus Dan & Lewis vocal section: dying--bleeding--bodies--seething dying--bleeding--bodies--unliving Dan guitar noise repeat verse lines repeat chorus

(original lyrics...follow these for the story to make sense) Pat solo it's said there's a device somewhere on the 5th planet a time machine designed to integrate a ship but it has not worked for them they could not figure it out if we could travel through the passages of time we'd go back to when our home was still alive and be among our kind again it might work in our's now--we have a new hope maybe we can go back back home now--we have a new hope maybe we can go back back to the past we must find out if it'll even work we'd go back and we'd live a life again take a trip back to the past it'll be just like it was heading on to the planet where we can find the time machine if it works then we can leave this all behind to find sanity again it must work for us repeat chorus Dan solos fast solo trade-off section: Pat solo Dan solo Pat solo Dan solo our alien friends are taking us to find it now they believe it just might work in our ship and they have a theory about the asteroid maybe it can be moved they just need to make some modifications to our ship, add on a simple tractor beam so they can re-direct the asteroid away from the earth repeat chorus Pat outro solo

turn back the pages of time, take a step through the sands of time the time machine is in our ship, it seems to be functioning quantum flux lit, compatible, awaiting coordination we think about a week has past since the moment of cataclysm try to set it early enough to move the asteroid away they're just about done with the tractor set, it's awaiting activation now it's time to make the trip to travel back to the past but I can't shake this feeling that we have forgotten something the asteroid was not the only source of devastation could it be that the black hole has erased some of our memories? or is it just my sanity, am I losing it for sure? traveling through space and time to stop the cataclysm we'll be among our kind again, walk among the earth soon it will all be over, it'll be just like a dream we're going home where we belong, we're going back in time what else could there have been, what could I be dreading? as the time-ship moves, I question it, this overwhelming feeling that the asteroid was not the only thing to be afraid of we accelerate while everything seems to become brighter seeing strange flashes of blinding light, so fast our stomachs are dropping it feels like our souls are trying to escape from our bodies transcending to a new realm where space and time are colliding repeat pre-chorus & chorus Dan solo/harmony Vin solo turn back the pages of time, take a step through the sands of time we're knocked out as the time-ship nears it's final destination we'll be back in normal space when we re-awaken then it all comes flooding back as I enter into dreamstate visions of the beast's rampage as he devours it all the only thing that could kill the beast was the asteroid but we're going back to re-direct it away from the earth traveling through space and time to stop the cataclysm we'll be among our kind again, walk among the earth but as we enter dreamstate while in the passages of time nightmares of the beast come flooding back to me

we find ourselves back in the past, in the final hour of the earth the beast it feasts while the asteroid nears, we did not arrive early enough what can we do, is there anything? anxiety tearing through me jump to the helm and take the ship, piercing the sky at full speed kill that thing, ram the ship right through its heart will it die? and what about the asteroid? kill that thing, ram the ship right through its heart will it die? the asteroid is coming soon our friends remind me that we need to be above to tractor the asteroid away but what of the beast? it has got to die in a panic I'm in for the kill scared for our lives but we're already dead but maybe we've got a slim chance brace for impact as we charge into him as soon as we strike we just see black kill that thing, ram the ship right through its heart is it dead? is there time to move the asteroid? where are we? all we see has turned to black its too late, the asteroid is striking now Vin slide solo repeat chorus lines Vin slide solo

where have we gone on this night the darkness consumes our sight with fear rising up we must know what's happening? our eyes are sucking up the darkness we went back in time to save our home, but forgot one crucial obstacle the black hole ripped our memories of the savage beast consuming all the revelation caused panic, and the loss of reasoning charging down into the beast, collision course in our time-ship awakening, we should be dead, but we're still alive inside the dark as our eyes adjust we're in the ship have we killed the beast? we must look outside but then in terror we realize we're about to be hit by the asteroid as soon as it strikes the world explodes, we saw it right before our very eyes terrified to look outside in the moment of cataclysm but there seems to be no impact, we're still alive where have we truly gone to? exiting the ship we go into shock not believing what we're seeing are we still on the earth? or is it some other place? the world around us lava flows, ooze in the rocks before our feet did we travel back in time, or to some distant future? upon impact we must have caused the ship to trigger quantum flux time displacement now we're gone, is this really happening? paralyzed with shock we stand, and watch the earthly lava flow from out of nowhere something comes, descending down towards us we went back in time to save our home, but forgot one crucial obstacle the black hole ripped our memories of the savage beast consuming all the revelation caused panic, and the loss of reasoning charging down into the beast, collision course in our time-ship upon impact we must have caused the ship to trigger quantum flux time displacement now we're gone, is this really happening? paralyzed with shock we stand, and watch the earthly lava flow from out of nowhere something comes, descending down towards us Vin solo Dan solo Vin solo Tony solo

setting down right next to ours, an identical ship every dimension matching my design in every way as the hatch opens, figures start to walk out in shock we gaze as familiar faces emerge what is this, a mirror image? can't believe what's before our eyes must be trickery, deception who could trick us here, now, why? the faces we see right before us are our own each of us staring into the face of older versions my older self begins to explain we're billions of years in the past where life begins on earth striking the beast triggered time-flux threw us back to this point in time and we took the beast as well but it's trapped in the time-stream suddenly we're somewhere else, another place another time it all begins to change so fast, different points throughout history even our older selves are shocked, saying this did not happen before we fear this is not the time-stream, it seems we've caused a paradox Robert solo Dan solo Vin solo Faster and faster, changing, spinning images sickness engulfs us as we spew out our guts hoping it stops soon, where and when will it end? will we be dead or imprisoned in this hell? striking the beast triggered time-flux threw us back to this point in time and we took the beast as well but it's trapped in the time-stream faster, faster, spinning visions imprisoned in this nightmare but now it all fades to black I see nothing but darkness

what is this place of nothingness? am I caught in the afterlife? is my soul trapped in hell? why am I still conscious? are my eyes open, is there nothing there? where am I? don't know what's happening where is the rest of me? I'm alive with a sense of being like an eternal consciousness awake in pitch-black loneliness why do I deserve this hell? hell, hell, trapped in hell alone, nothing but consciousness an essence in emptiness alone, alive, consciousness, emptiness can't leave here, there's no place left to go (chapter 4 was written but never recorded or released. or exists in an alternate reality lol. but chapter 5 builds from it and references it somewhat.)

(the original lyrics, which fit along at this part in the story. after Escaping The Matrix, the Across Antarctica version fits at that point in the reality shift, just like with Crossing Infinity. In the events of chapter 4, I somehow manifest my consciousness back into reality in human form, but it's an alternate reality, and 1,000 years in the future, where the fate of earth was a different doomsday event some time later. After the reality shift in Escaping The Matrix, the doomsday event is similar to this one and so the interlude of re-visiting this song as well as Crossing Infinity after Escaping The Matrix is to catch up on history that I am not aware of as a man out of time and space and reality. but follow along with these original lyrics before Chapter 5 which is where it all changes.) welcome to this dark future, prepare to witness the end of man our inevitable end-times global warming now complete, and the flooding has begun earth becomes an ocean world there is nowhere left to run, there is nowhere left to hide and we do not possess gills we cannot survive this fate, as the waves engulf us all we'll either drown or be consumed drown or be consumed shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, drown or be consumed as we try to stay afloat, fall asleep and we will drown there is nothing we can do the sharks come for sustenance, they are hungry for our blood the human race will become prey aquatic predators will feast, as the ocean becomes red and we all get devoured it's the dawning of a new age, on this ocean planet earth our extinction is at hand extinction at hand shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, extinction at hand Pat solos now our final hour comes, the resistance makes us slow we are trapped in a nightmare jaws of death tear us apart, predators feasting on man this ocean earth is our hell feel our bodies come undone, feel our insides floating out one more bite will end the pain we do not survive this fate, the aquatics rule the earth our extinction has arrived extinction of the human race shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, extinction has come

once again, reborn anew, half man and half machine she guides me as I take these steps and learn myself a cyborg life, it's all so new to me Victoria, she saved us all, a Centauri human killed the raiders, she saved my life and destroyed the time machine there is no going back no going back, to my home, gone forever, in space and time but I can't go back anyway, my life is truly gone 1,000 years in the future in an alternate reality where I was someone else Alpha Centauri B is where Victoria was born in 2958 her ancestors had colonized when earth flooded over flooded over, shark sustenance, nowhere to go, in this alternate welcome to tomorrow it's a thousand years gone by 2981 is when I found myself reborn raiders stole the time machine, I lost my arm and eye Victoria came from nowhere, blew off their fucking heads Dan solo and now as I scan with my eye and flex my metal limb we head on into the unknown we cannot go back to her worlds, a devastating war the raiders came, pillaged the land, she lost all that she loved for now all that we can do is return our friends back to their home, that two-sun star system two-sun home, six planets, who we emerged from the black hole welcome to tomorrow it's a thousand years gone by 2981 is when I found myself reborn raiders stole the time machine, I lost my arm and eye Victoria came from nowhere, splattered their fucking green blood killed the raiders, destroyed their ship, along with the time machine then she saved my life with these cybernetic parts so off we go into the void returning our friends home Victoria came from nowhere, my Centauri savior

settled down on an untouched world, exploring an enjoying ourselves Victoria is outside the ship, I jump at her blood-curdling scream exiting the ship to my horror I see a raider with a knife to her neck in a split second he robs her of life and my hands are around his throat Victoria is dead and I have the raider pinned down hand choke his throat, squeezing till his head pops off green blood and brains are everywhere as I reach for the knife I knocked away he's already dead but I'm thrusting the knife into his guts as I scream piercing laser from my new eye melting his alien flesh tearing him limb from limb he's gone, he's a mutilated mess looking down at Victoria, screaming an vowing revenge without her I would not be alive, how I wish I could have saved her off I go in the ship to find as many of them as I can I will take their lives as they took hers, massive genocide Pat solo warping back along the last coordinates, I come upon one of their ships luckily Vic modified ship's weapons, unleashing hell upon them they are destroyed a their ship explodes, I turn to see one of them transporting next to me grabbing the knife that took Vic's life, I slice him from his torso up his neck then I set coordinates for her homeworld and charge all weaponry I will slaughter them all in genocide for the life of Victoria looking down at Victoria, screaming an vowing revenge without her I would not be alive, how I wish I could have saved her

nearing Alpha Centauri B, I find 2 raider ships to bombard attacking their ships with sprays of death and maneuvering around with their guns in hand I'm ready for them, transporting aboard my ship killing them off in the instant they materialize rushing to the ship's controls, I move out of the way just in time delivering one final blow to one of the ships, it is destroyed I must destroy them all, I must kill them as soon as they appear next to me one of them shoots my metal arm off, with the other I blow out his brains as I turn to face their ship, I panic, this could be the end with one arm I will go down fighting till my last breath for Vic but what is that glitch in the corner of my eye strange flashes of a checkered surface underneath glitches in reality Pat solo the glitching of reality keeps flashing before my very eyes until I'm alone in a cube-checkered room and a door in front of me with a strange feeling of my hand that was gone, I look down and see I have and can feel both fleshly hands, and I see with my old 2 eyes as I turn to face their ship, I panic, this could be the end with one arm I will go down fighting till my last breath for Vic but what is that glitch in the corner of my eye strange flashes of a checkered surface underneath I have escaped from the matrix (now that you've escaped the matrix to find that globe and space was a fake program along with everything you experienced in life, you can go back and listen to Crossing Infinity and Shark Sustenance as interludes with the new lyrics that reflect how the events happened in a similar way in the new reality. It's in this order on the Across Antarctica 1 album as it reflects how I have to try to re-learn history and try to remember what life and everything is like in this new reality, even though it may be impossible because I may have somehow manifested as a nonexistent figure from a program of 1000 years ago. Interlude I: catching up on history--the first flight: Crossing Infinity my dream of ice travel will finally come true sonic concorde warp drive, I'll be first to leave the realm I'll be soaring along the ice, seeing with night vision visiting the puddles we get to, and meeting new civilizations but what will happen if they're hostile? strapping me down and dissecting me? I hope they won't but it's the risk I'll take to explore across the ice coasting the ice-plane, crossing antarctica off we'll go 'cross antarctica, into endless dark ice-plane the pitfalls and the possibilities will be our guiding light explore new realms, discover cures, to save humanity traveling 'cross antarctica, crossing infinity crossing antarctica, crossing infinity exploring new realms and seeing new things advanced cultures and societies my dreams realized nothing will stop me soon as we're ready, we will embark pre-chorus & chorus Dan bass solo/Dan guitar solo then repeat pre-chorus & chorus again Interlude II: what happened to our home-realm--the great flooding: Shark Sustenance welcome to this dark future, prepare to witness the end of man our inevitable end-times climate-warming now complete, and the flooding has begun our earth becomes an ocean-realm there is no where left to run, there is nowhere left to hide and we do not possess gills we cannot survive this fate, as the waves engulf us all we'll either drown or be consumed drown or be consumed shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, drown or be consumed as we try to stay afloat, fall asleep and we will drown there is nothing we can do the sharks come for sustenance, they are hungry for our blood the human race will become prey aquatic predators will feast, as the ocean becomes red and we all get devoured it's the dawning of a new age, on this ocean puddle realm our extinction is at hand extinction at hand shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, extinction at hand Pat solos now our final hour comes, the resistance makes us slow we are trapped in a nightmare jaws of death tear us apart, predators feasting on man this ocean realm is our hell feel our bodies come undone, feel our insides floating out one more bite will end the pain we do not survive this fate, the aquatics rule earth-realm our extinction has arrived extinction of the human race shark sustenance, end of man shark sustenance, extinction has come) Now it's time for the bonus tracks, Chapter 6 of the story, which close out the Across Antarctica 1 album.

going across antarctica, catching up on history trying hard to remember the first flight, the great flooding being in space just seemed so real, inside of the holodeck it was just part of the program, in the matrix, it wasn't real reality is traversing the ice-plane this is reality now, right here on the ice-ship flat like on the U.N. flag, the olive branch feathers symbolize the surrounding shore of antarctica Pat solo light show in the dome firmament, got thru to the dark ice-plane night-vision on the concorde ice-ship, allows us to explore the unknown looking for other puddle realms, the domes melt their own puddle where new life spawns, in oceans & on land it's not unlike the planet program this is reality now, right here on the ice-ship flat like on the U.N. flag, the feathers the shore of antarctica and now we're approaching a new realm, I can see the dome firmament the search starts for a water well under the ice, where the dome is blocked Pat solo submerged in the water below, the ship becomes a submarine and we find a hole to go thru, entering this new puddle-realm fear & anxiety pulsing, this is a dangerous situation what kind of aliens will we find? confrontation inevitable this is reality now, right here on the ice-ship flat like on the U.N. flag, the olive branch feathers symbolize the surrounding shore of antarctica and now we're approaching a new realm, I can see the dome firmament the search starts for a water well under the ice, where the dome is blocked

emerging below, inside of the firmament coming up from underneath the ocean's surface spit forth from the sea, into the sky above inward north soaring on, till we come to land what we find, deserted land, buildings and structures tall covered up in vines and no signs of humanoid beings what happened to all those who built all that we see covered in vines I must be imagining things but I think I saw one of the vines move as we wander, exploring this dead and abandoned place taking a closer look at the vines that cover everything smiles creep across faces and knowing looks between half of us wanting to take some for themselves, everyone else gets curious soon we realize what kind of plant is growing everywhere some of us retrieving nugs for later recreation what happened to all those who built all that we see covered in vines I must be imagining things but I think I saw one of the vines move Pat solo

now the vines start wrapping around our necks choking us, they're alive to kill us grabbing knives we start cutting them from our necks running to the ice-ship, trying to escape as we get to the ice-ship, half of us get pulled down vines wrap around our legs and trip us cutting vines frantically, as they slither 'round our necks we've got to cut them off and get inside the ship into the ice-ship most of us keep slicing vines stopping them from entering the vessel last one out I'm slicing the ones 'round my throat and legs jumping in, the door slices an entering vine soaring south above the sea, terrified and speeding on get to the dome and drop below, find the water-well finally we find it and escape to the other side rise up above the ice-plane, and soar away (continues directly in Across Antarctica 2: The Next Puddle Realm, which, in it's entirety is basically chapter 7! check it out at acrossantarctica.bandcamp.com )