Three days later An uncertain contact Reaches out for survivors A species beyond known space We came here to propose an offer You'll give us all and your own planet And in turn, we'll save you from utter extinction Is this what it has come to Are we truly lost This offer our only hope The terms are out of scope Four more hours They contemplate the offer An offer which is clearly absurd Do we have another choice? The moon is full of questions Salvation at what cost The fate of humankind The Scales of Prevailment Left to us for to control We have no need for you Something we wish to bereave Your fate in our hands is the future And the hope of your survival Six hours more And clearly this is not the answer We'll have to find another way to the world We won't accept your terms We will prevail We shall discuss no more We are The collective humankind Is now determined to be Here for many moons to pa**