Its been hypothesized, human survival is paramount
our genetic sequence is what we care about
And not even, only a small part our species if that
They need structures intact to continue immortal syntax
They build rockets now, wait til they find deposits on the asteroids,
At the same time, they mine helium from gas voids
Virtual ques to secure appointments, space for enjoyment, 
really just preparation for near space deployment

Who'll hit the first trillion, while we all thirst for resilience
Sand storms assault our eyes as we compete as civilians
My DNA as a resume, will beta rays break my endocrine
how suited am I for labor behind ceramics and metal plates
It's clear at my levels of bone density I'm meant to be 
a sub contractor, low earth orbit intensity
Assigned to space debris, one week with safety teams
I'm on call, my contingent on shipments to supply space Marines

Seasonal work for the rootless, we're born to roam
Get contacted via haptics to meet at the Corner Stone
Merchants near the docks bargain in Esperanto
under shipping container condos, slipping each other envelopes
I coming down the slope, I see my unit down below
Suited up with IOI, company palindrome

It's apparent there's been mission change
I see rockets meant for long precision range
on the docks taxiing , I hear the squad lead saying:

We found water on Mars, the time is definitely ours
Skies the limit so its time to reach for the stars
We seek power on the frontier, opportunity as prophecy
Water on Mars, we found our new profit stream

Without clearance for working off world I'll be paid off the books
Effectively a stowaway, so my employers off the hook
Avoiding Zenet carcasses as we set course towards the moon
Gravity sling shot over settlements of maroons

The first pioneers, technicians to service machines for entire years
Lessons learn from the second biosphere
From Moon dust, silica was refined and moved up
Founders and shareholders recouped before the boom bust
Even guilds won't repatriate due to fiscal necessity
You die with your specialty, contractual destiny

From portholes we see strip mines raking a lunar surface
Sun rays bake it, Bone dry, inhospitable to those who work it
On the dark side now it's an infinite night
I sit back to bathe in pitch black before we lifting the kite

Nuclear detonation directed for flight
Shut my eyes and engage *hibernation as I dream of the sight
 
Of water on Mars, the time is definitely ours
Skies the limits so it's time to reach for the Stars
We seek power on the frontier, opportunity as prophecy
Water on Mars, we found our new profit stream

Florescents burn holes in the evening
Local Lexicons are permutations of business English
We fed Iodine by higher minds
Lack of magnetic fields endanger us at higher climbs
Laser levels guide taps into glaciers, obscured by vapors in craters
Uncertain dangers, as we operate base camp on Syrtus major

I'm seeing floaters as they Fly to the side of my eyes
Remote medicine assure me fatigue is just a sign of the times
8 hour shifts not guaranteed I never signed on the line
Passing Memorials for colleagues who died in the mines

News travels fast due to a record quarter
A gold rush fueled by stress at borders, Cape Verde to California
Waves of immigration promised a new life
Replace populations who live in drains and sewer pipes
So while we reach for the sick, corporations battle with cease and desist
I'm on my second evening shift as I leap deep into mist

We found water on Mars, the time is definitely ours
The space race ain't race based, it's a quest for no cowards
We seek power on the frontier, opportunity as prophecy
Water on Mars, we found our new profit stream
water on Mars, the time is definitely ours
The space race ain't race based, it's a quest for no cowards
We seek power on the frontier, opportunity as prophecy
Water on Mars, we found our new profit stream

I'm watching info feeds from an overcrowded sickbay
I don't got no sick days so they lock me down by the wrist brace

VR recordings show harvests of the last sycamores
Between commercials broadcast second American civil war
My bones have turned hollow, powdered food is hard to swallow
Its harder to follow which nation states have been toppled

Back on Earth they rationing water by the bottle
crops die as cops fly above riots in Davos
Wusulis last drops compel ruso-sino death spiral
Russia resurrects R 23 Kartechs, to punctures textiles
Nuclear war in the sky, I see it from where I lie, with my eyes
ICBMs roar with final battle cries
We lost our home market, I'm just a lone carcass
The price we pay to strike unknown bargains


We find water on Mars, the countdown definitely starts
The space race ain't isolated, we run from whatever we are
Seek new meanings on the frontier, but won't reach escape velocity
Water on Mars, we are driven to spread atrocity

We find water on Mars, the countdown definitely starts
The space race ain't new, and we won't get far
Seek new meanings on the frontier, but won't reach escape velocity
Water on Mars, we race to spread atrocity