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[walk_ins]

THIRTY MILLION ON MIRANDA
(tune: "Forty Thousand In Gehenna," Kathy Mar)

Thirty million on Miranda, colonists and unafraid
Thirty million on Miranda, far from safety, far from aid
From the Border, from the Core
Just two years before the War
Trusting in the grand Alliance, on Miranda were betrayed

Thirty million on Miranda walked into their leaders' hands
Thirty million on Miranda, knowing nothing of their plans
Breathed in poison from the air
Caught mid-motion, unaware
Lying down where'er it found them, on Miranda they were damned

Try again, you politicians, scientists of high degree
Twisting folk from what they are to what you think they ought to be
Some will change and some will die
While you lot are standing by
But two things happened on Miranda that your plans did not foresee

No one knows just why it happened, just one-tenth of one percent
Turned to savage, mindless wolves, and not the passive sheep you meant
Tried to change the hearts of Man
You created Caliban
And thirty thousand from Miranda - into Reavers they were bent

Try again, you politicians, scientists of high degree
Twisting folk from what they are to what you think they ought to be
Some will change and some will die
Hide them all beneath a lie
But someone came down to Miranda, brought the truth for all to see

Thirty million on Miranda, colonists and unafraid
Thirty million on Miranda, far from safety, far from aid
From the Border, from the Core
Just two years before the War
Trusting in the grand Alliance, on Miranda were betrayed

[Lyrics by Batya and Lynne.]