VENUS DAY 150

[Verse 1] “Arata, can you hear me?” Loud and clear, Doctor Kanzaki Our names are still there on that paper The one they laughed at The one no one believed This time I’ll bring back the proof A hundred and fifty days That’s nothing “Right We’ll pick this up when you get home” [Pre-Chorus] EARTH DAY 150 That’s what the mission should have read One wrong setting Nobody caught VENUS DAY 150 One Venus rotation two hundred forty-three Earth days [Chorus] Day one I measured the clouds Day two I measured the heat Day three I looked up at the sky “Doctor, can you hear me?” Your voice faded under the static “Arata—” And then nothing [Verse 2] Day twenty-seven New data Day sixty-three Revised the model Day one-twelve Something changed Under all those clouds I kept going alone You would’ve changed this number here You would’ve laughed at this result So I kept working I didn’t stop [Pre-Chorus] Day one-forty-nine Atmospheric shift confirmed Day one-fifty Signal restored …… Connecting to Earth [Chorus] “Doctor Kanzaki it’s Arata” “The experiment worked” A long burst of static Then a voice I don’t know “…Arata?” Yes “Arata? Is that really you?” Yes Can you put Doctor Kanzaki on? [Bridge] No answer So I ask again “Please Doctor Kanzaki” The stranger goes quiet Then says “I know that name” “I know the paper you wrote together” …… Checking Earth date Calculating Calculating …… Thirty-six thousand four hundred fifty Earth days …… Almost a hundred years? [Final Chorus] For me a hundred and fifty days For Earth almost a hundred years “We’ll pick this up when you get home” You said it like it was yesterday But Earth moved on The oceans changed The cities changed The future we warned them about is already here And now research from a century ago might save the world [Final] “Arata” Through the static your voice “Forget the results just come home” …… Message received Doctor Kanzaki I’m sorry I’m a little late Research data saved Course set for Earth I’m coming home