Opportunity Lullaby

from Sounding With the Stars EP by Astrisoni

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On a distant, dusty planet where no footsteps yet have trod,
Lies a true and tired rover who the rest of us should laud.
For months we tried to rouse her, but she slept through every test,
So we turned out the lights left her to her rest.

(Chorus)
So goodnight, Opportunity, and rest your darkened eye,
The songs we sung to wake you slowly turned to lullabies.
You're cradled by the dust below and all our hopes above,
And if you dream, I hope you dream of love.

It's wonder sent you out to Mars, to see what's waiting there.
And it's wonder that we felt at all the wondrous things you shared.
As we wonder what is next for us, we think the same of you,
And we wonder if you wonder 'bout it too.

(Chorus)

For it's love that let us send you on a journey we can't make,
And it's love that kept up crying out in the hope that you might wake.
And it's love that makes us mourn you as we turn our eyes to Mars.
And it's love will send your sisters to the stars.

(Chorus)

You're not the first to leave us on the trail towards the sky,
The starry throng awaits you, so tell Spirit we say "Hi,"
But it isn't just for science that we'll miss you missives here,
Like all others that we've lost, we hold you dear.

(Chorus)

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from Sounding With the Stars EP, released October 10, 2019
by Heather Estelme and Nate Wulver

Guitar, Vocals: Heather Estelme
Viola: Nate Wulver

Recorded at Extraterrestrial Highway Studio, Minneapolis
Engineered and mixed by Dave Stagner
Produced by Beth Kinderman & Dave Stagner

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Astrisoni Minneapolis, Minnesota

Astrisoni is a filk duo consisting of Nate Wulver and Heather Estelme. Their music leans towards folk-style fairy-tale and space songs, featuring Heather on vocals and guitar and Nate on the viola, which he wants everyone to know is not a violin.

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