8511 Lyrics

A faint audio signal, origin unknown. 164 years ago an organisation led by pure interest
started an archive for filing information about suspected extraterrestrial life. Some of the
observations are almost trustworthy, most of them are not. Until yesterday 8510 observations
were recorded. Today number 8511 came.

Öivin Tronstad: Lead vocals // Mats Levén: Drums // Leif Edling: Bass
Carl Westholm: Piano, synthersizer, vocoders // Ulf Edelönn: Electric guitar
Jan Hellman: Acoustic baritone guitar

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Observations and reports
Obsessive rumours, hopeful thought
Do they think, do they feel?
Is this fake, is this for real?

Eight thousand five hundred
eleven notifications
in one hundred sixtyfour
years until now

Indirect extrapolations
of everydays anomalies
Hasty, poor conclusions, just
like superstitious faith in Gods

Everything can't be explained
Recent signs confusing us
Only thing we know for sure
That life will never be the same