Metal Cats From Mars
[Intro — clean guitar, distant amp hum] I heard a melody beneath the red sky A silver little signal where the satellites fly Three notes falling like a meteor rain Then something answered from the Martian plain [Verse 1] They came down from the crater With their tails held high Tiny glowing whiskers Under a copper sky They don't chase mice They don't climb trees They tune seven-string guitars To frequencies we can't hear [Pre-Chorus — distorted guitars gradually enter] Then the moon went black And the speakers came alive A thousand feline voices Howled into the night [Chorus — huge harmonized guitars] Metal cats from Mars! Riding through the stars! Red dust on their leather boots And laser scars! Metal cats from Mars! They know exactly who they are! They play their riffs at warp-speed And headbang underneath the stars! [Instrumental Break — opening melody returns as harmonized guitar lead] [Verse 2 — odd-meter riff] They built a stage on Olympus Mons With amplifiers ten miles tall The drummer has six extra paws And never misses one at all The bass player wears a helmet With a glowing cosmic rune And every time he hits that low B A Martian moon goes boom [Pre-Chorus — increasingly complex drums] The guitars begin to scream The atmosphere begins to shake Every cat on Mars is dancing Every crater starts to quake [Chorus] Metal cats from Mars! Riding through the stars! Red dust on their leather boots And laser scars! Metal cats from Mars! Their riffs are bizarre! They don't need an atmosphere To become a metal star! [Sudden Silence] [Whisper] Did you hear that? [Single guitar note] [Breakdown — completely different harmonic center, slow and crushing] PURR. PURR. PURR. We are not alone. PURR. PURR. PURR. We have guitars. [Massive Riff] CLAWS ON STRINGS FIRE IN THE SKY NINE LIVES BURNING BUT WE NEVER DIE [Verse 3 — rapidly shifting meters] One paw on the fretboard Two paws on the drums Three paws pushing pedals And the apocalypse comes The guitarist plays harmonics That bend the Martian light The bassline walks in counterpoint And disappears into the night [Harmonized Guitar Lead] The opening melody returns, but twisted into a faster, darker form. [Bridge — dramatic silence between phrases] Red planet... Black leather... Silver claws... Heavy weather... We came from Earth You came from Mars But put us on a stage And we're already stars [Final Chorus — full band, increasingly frantic] Metal cats from Mars! Riding through the stars! Red dust on their leather boots And laser scars! Metal cats from Mars! They'll shred the universe apart! Nine lives! Seven strings! One gigantic cosmic heart! [Final Breakdown] MARS! CATS! METAL! MARS! CATS! METAL! [Rapid double-kick burst] [Silence] [Clean guitar — opening melody returns softly] [Outro] When the red sun disappears And the Martian night grows cold Listen for the distant guitars Playing riffs a million years old Somewhere beyond the stars Beyond the moons and satellites The metal cats from Mars Are still playing through the night [Final guitar harmonic — feedback slowly fades] PURRRRRRRRRR...
