I was exploring EZ Aquarii
When my AI picked a reading that we couldn't recognize
We combed through the data I was horrified
An enormous situation greatly magnified

Yeah, we saw it
On the scanner
Knew it came from
Another planet (oh lord)
Reacted
Didn't plan it
Set the target
Let them have it (no no no no)

Our first contact with intelligent life
Everything was dangling on the edge of a knife
I could never risk that they'd find our home
A lot of times it's better if you keep yourself alone

A dynamic
Of rising panic
Causing havoc
Mental static

Couldn't risk it
Couldn't chance it
Had to kill it
Had to crack it

Couldn't risk it
Couldn't chance it
Fate is fickle
Best to stab it

The view is very different in a parallax
I made an ugly choice and destroyed the artifacts
There's nothing new under any of these suns
Another sad tale of two strangers and a gun
There's nothing new under any of these suns
Another sad tale of two strangers and a gun

Couldn't risk it
Couldn't chance it
Had to kill it
Had to crack it

Couldn't risk it
Couldn't chance it
Fate is fickle
Best to stab it

The view is very different from the parallax
I made an ugly choice and destroyed the artifacts
There's nothing new under any of these suns
Another sad tale of two strangers and a gun
There's nothing new under any of these suns
Another sad tale of two strangers and a gun

Couldn't risk it
Couldn't chance it
Fate is fickle
Best to stab it