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Description: The first release by our trio-line-up is called "The Star", a meditation on the relativity of human ideas against the backdrop of the cosmic drama.

The Star

from The Star / Stargazing (single) by Poor Genetic Material

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The first release by our trio-line-up is called "The Star", a meditation on the relativity of human ideas against the backdrop of the cosmic drama.

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The Star

I’m a star
There’s nothing here like me
If I can see you
That’s only who you were

I’m a star
Understanding what will be
I’m caught in a web
That ties me to my lair

Born from balancing forces
With no apparent sources
The space between is curved and bent
Into collapse it is sent

Divine intervention
A matter of intention?
Or particles merrily playing
Laughing at your praying?

You're always asking why
Trying to see some sense
But why do you laugh or cry
Or dwell in depths or heigts intense

You marvel at my sight
Use me as your guiding light
But I have lost my desperate fight
In an ever changing night

My skin erodes - My heart explodes
While I seem the same to you
Dissolving into nothingness
Until all starts anew

I’m at the a heart of a nebulous cloud
Where matter meets in a weightless crowd
Pulling inwards - afraid of loss
A fusion of fire - lightyears across

If by purpose or built in design
I will sparkle, shimmer and shine
But into darkness I will fall
Lost and forgotten by you all

You're always asking why
Caught in false pretence
Why don’t you take off and fly
You’re living at your own expense

You marvel at my sight
Use me as your guiding light
But I have lost my desperate fight
In an ever changing night

My skin erodes - My heart explodes
While I seem the same to you
Dissolving into nothingness
Until all starts anew

So look at me
And all that you’ll see
Has long since ceased to be
It has long since ceased to be

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from The Star / Stargazing (single), released March 1, 2022
Phil Griffiths - vocals
Stefan Glomb - guitars, bass
Philipp Jaehne - keyboards, programming

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Poor Genetic Material Speyer, Germany

Poor Genetic Material are a symphonic prog band with their very own, unique style of complex, sophisticated, richly textured, yet, accessible compositions.

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