When we look up to the black sky at night
We see the stars and planets back in time
The moonlight's only one second old light
While sunlight, that's eight minute old sunshine
Eight minutes to reach Earth despite flying
As fast as light can. Alpha Centauri
The next nearest star, is - no point lying -
4.3 years old by the time we see
It from our vantage point. It's history
Look through a telescope at distant sights
Like Andromeda, you're seeing a time
When man was still evolving, odysseys
Still to come. What we see further out might
No longer exist. The whole thing's dying...
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