No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century That our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own That as men busied themselves about their various concerns They observed and studied With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe Confident of our empire over this world Yet across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic Regarded our planet with envious eyes and slowly, and surely Drew their plans against us
And slowly, and surely Drew their plans against us Against us
