Story of Us - Anup Sastry, Andy Cizek

I often wonder who or what might be out there.

How do we communicate?

Will we discover other worlds in the ether before we evaporate?

Since my imagination’s reach is farther than my eyes can see

I must devise a way to travel through this plane of existence before it’s too

late

To satisfy ambition (still gazing at the stars)

I offer this transmission

This is who we really are

Manifested as a work of art

Our translation of what it means to be alive

So do you feel as we have felt?

Will you invest in all our story tells?

Explorations of a species that you’ve survived

Looking up to the heavens, staring at a black canvas

Speckled with breathtaking celestial beauty

I’d love to meet the artist responsible for all this

Secrets of the great unknown flowing through me

We took the very essence of our souls and cast it out into the universe

And so our message in a bottle floats somewhere deep within the cosmic ocean

I hope in some way they may understand

Green grass and blue skies, a sunset tapestry of mother nature

Bestowed with fragments from the heart of man

Without a language, only emotion translates

Say hello to the dreamers of planet earth

Imparting all that we know in hopes it will show everything we’re made of

We implore you to measure our planet’s worth

A chance to look at ourselves, if life somewhere else isn’t just a fable

To exist is to dream

The abyss calls to me

No endeavor teaches us about ourselves

Better than this self-made memoir could

I hope this letter reaches through and finds you well

And that our chemistry is understood

A child’s laughter.

A lover’s heartbeat

Notions of hope and promise from that which you cannot see

Do you feel it?

Can you feel it?

Lovely reminder of what it all means

To be a living, breathing consciousness in apogee

Do you feel it?

Can you feel it?

Oh, my ravaged soul searches for something so out of reach

Far from the earth, our spirit rings

This is who we really are

Manifested as a work of art

Our translation of what it means to be alive

Do you feel as we have?

Will you hear the story of us?