Name: Empty Moon
Duration: P00H03M44S
Description: Theme: History

Empty Moon

from Song A Week - Summer 2016 by Ben Below

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Theme: History

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A long time ago, before life formed on Earth
A giant named Theia crashed into the globe
And the impact gave cause to celestial birth
As the empty moon was born
As the empty moon was born

As humans evolved, she was worshiped and feared
Tales spread that her phases turned men into beasts
Gave way to the months as her sister did years
As the empty moon changed shape
As the empty moon changed shape

Greek Anaxagoras deduced her a sphere
With glowing reflections of those of the sun
Aristarchus computed the distance from here
As the empty moon was measured
As the empty moon was measured

Gallileo drew her with mountains and craters
Michale Florent van Langren drew her first map
Riccioli and Grimaldi were prominent namers
As the empty moon was charted
As the empty moon was charted

Then the space race began, US USSR
A Soviet probe was the first to arrive
Not to be outdone, JFK wanted more
As the empty moon called out to men
And we built Apollos one through ten

Then in 1969
We sent up man for the first time
Armstrong, Aldrin walked her face
While Michael Collins stayed in space
Further missions followed
People walked the dusty floor
And the empty moon's not empty any more

A long time passed, life goes on on Earth
After three short years we stopped our lunar escapes
The powers that be have questioned its worth
And the empty moon stays empty
And the empty moon stays lonely

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from Song A Week - Summer 2016, released August 27, 2016

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