Silent Running: hide out in the cellar

Queen - A Night at the Opera (44:11)
Released 1975.11.21 (EMI(UK),ELEKTRA(US))

05 - ´39 (03:31) - Brian May

In the year of ´39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen.

And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne´er looked back, never feared, never cried.

Don´t you hear my call though you´re many years away
Don´t you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the year of ´39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we´ll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I´m older but a year
Your mother´s eyes in your eyes cry to me.

Don´t you hear my call though you´re many years away
Don´t you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

For my life
Still ahead
Pity me.

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"´39" holds the interesting distinction of being the 39th album track originally released on a Queen album. It tells the story of a man who travels from Earth to colonize a new world and experiences the phenomenom of Einstien´s Special Theory of Relativity (which states that time slows down the closer you get to the speed of light). As such, he ages only one year as the Earth ages about 100 years, so his family and loved one are long dead upon his return, though their descendants survive. This track was written by guitarist Brian May, who was an astronomy buff.

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The funny part is that is almost exactly what is really going on (in parable).