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Long before me, long before you
A giant ball of hydrogen became a star brand new
He waited for the planets and he waited for the Gods
To bring life to the fourth one despite the risky odds

All who are born eventually must die
Even ancient titans wheeling in the yawning sky
While Sol put up the good fight time's sharpening her ax
The sun is losing hydrogen and I can see the cracks
The sun is losing hydrogen and I can see the cracks

When there is no more hydrogen the helium will burn
The sun will reach a place from whence it can't return
It will expand so far the Earth will shrivel up
But we've still got a little time so pour another cup
But we've still got a little time so pour another cup

Notes:
There was some disagreement as to the meaning of, "to bring life to the fourth one." Here's a transcript from an early discussion about it. Names were blacked out as classified information.

Scientist 1: What's with the fourth one line? What could it be referring to?

Soldier: Well that's easy. Earth's the fourth planet from the sun.

Scientist 2: We're the third planet, you idiot.

Scientist 1 (After a moment): In this year it is. We don't know when these were recorded. Perhaps one day the sun will pick up an extra planet.

Scientist 3: Maybe it lost one before humans evolved.

Scientist 1: Exactly. When dealing with the timespan of eternity it would insanity to assume things would ever stay the same.

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