Cosmic Drifter

[Verse] In the outback where the shadows grow long (ooh-yeah!) We found a signal singing a lonesome song (singin' a song) ASKAP J1935 A mystery in the night (night, night) With a rhythm so strange And a flicker of light. (flicker of light) [Verse 2] Sometimes it blazes like a shooting star (star, star) Sometimes it's quiet Like a whisper from afar (shhh) An hour-long cycle The longest yet seen (whoa-oh) Leaving us wonderin' what it all might mean. (what it mean) [Chorus] Oh You cosmic drifter With your transient spark (spark, spark) Hidden out in space Where the universe is dark (so dark) You flash and fade in the celestial sea (in the sea) Oh Great unknown What secrets do you keep? (do you keep?) [Verse 3] The Wajarri Yamaji The land so old (so old) Underneath the southern skies so bold (bold, bold) ASKAP's eye on the heavens clear (heavens clear) Chasing the whispers of the stars so near. (so near) [Verse 4] Bright flashes that dance Like fireflies at dusk (at dusk) And fast Weak pulses Like an old train’s rusty husk (husk, husk) Sometimes there's silence A void in the stars (stars, stars) Echoes of mysteries from worlds afar. (worlds afar) [Chorus] Oh You cosmic drifter With your transient spark (spark, spark) Hidden out in space Where the universe is dark (so dark) You flash and fade in the celestial sea (in the sea) Oh Great unknown What secrets do you keep? (do you keep?)