Domenico Riccio - Argus
Argus
Ai confini del Sistema Solare
Ascolta ARGUS - Versione 1
Ascolta ARGUS - Versione 2
01 — ARGUS AND ULIXES
Before speech
before command
before kings
before war
there is recognition
Not language
Not thought
Recognition
Argus
Argus
Four paws
Stone floor
Claws
Dust
Breath
Waiting
You hear
before hearing
You know
before knowing
One eye sleeping
One eye open
One eye
for me
I leave
You wait
I return
Nothing changed
Everything changed
Dust on my clothes
Salt on my skin
Blood in my silence
Smoke in my hands
You inspect
You decide
Approval
No question
No bargain
No prayer
Only presence
No law
No throne
No oath
No home
Stone under bone
Bone under skin
Night at the doorway
Fire within
Empires fracture
Cities rust
Maps disappear
Metal to dust
Men forget
Gods decay
Stars collapse
Dogs stay
I break
I bend
I fail
I fall
You read the tremor
before us all
ARGUS STAYS
ARGUS WAITS
ARGUS STAYS
ARGUS WAITS
When men betray
ARGUS STAYS
When gods fall silent
ARGUS STAYS
When memory fractures
ARGUS STAYS
When kingdoms burn
ARGUS STAYS
ARGUS
ARGUS
ARGUS
WHEN LIGHT FAILS
ARGUS
WHEN STARS BREAK
ARGUS
WHEN TIME OPENS
ARGUS
Stay close
Night
is opening
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02 — ESCAPE VELOCITY
No
No
Something moves
under the floor
Not wind
Not thunder
Pressure
Too much pressure
Argus
Stay
Stay
Stay
Steel bending
Bolts screaming
Air escaping
Light tearing
Gravity
breaking
Woof
Fast hands
Red lights
Cold steel
White noise
Panels fracture
Glass shatters
Sirens burning
Circuit chatter
No command
No map
No control
No return
Everything stable
becomes concern
Pressure falling
Systems fail
Oxygen screaming
Metal pale
Hands slipping
Vision blur
Matter shakes
Edges stir
ARGUS
ARGUS
COME BACK
ARGUS
DON'T MOVE
ARGUS
LOOK AT ME
ARGUS
Argus
Argus
Argus
EJECTED
EXPELLED
SEPARATED
LOST
EJECTED
EXPELLED
SEPARATED
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
NO FLOOR
NO GROUND
NO AIR
NO SOUND
NO FLOOR
NO GROUND
NO AIR
NO
Woof
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03 — SOLAR DRIFT
No floor
No scent
No earth
No up
No down
Only
movement
He turns
Slowly
A paw extends
Nothing pushes back
A satellite rotates
Broken
Silent
Its solar wings
still shining
Huh
Tail moves
Eyes wide
Nothing lost
Just a ride
Mars passes
Red and thin
Jupiter storms
Deep within
Ice rings
Gas fire
Moon shadows
Orbit choir
Cold light
Slow spin
Black silence
Chrome skin
Comet dust
Silver rain
Asteroid pressure
Course change
Every impact
Small but real
Every collision
Turns the wheel
Still
he does not fear
There
Movement
There
DRIFT
TURN
DRIFT
TURN
DRIFT
TURN
DRIFT
TURN
Venus glow
Mercury flare
Saturn rings
Frozen air
Planets pull
Comets guide
Silent currents
Become tide
Radio signal
Hello
Respond
Anyone
Woof
Dog
He spins
He rolls
Through signal ghosts
Through dead patrols
No hunger yet
No grief yet
No fear yet
No loss yet
Just motion
Just drift
Just orbit
Just gift
Until
Master
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04 — GHOST OF ULIXES
I know
that shape
I know
that voice
Far away
between light
and memory
someone moves
Not metal
Not debris
Not ice
Warm
Walking
Walking toward me
Master
Tail rising
Heart racing
Vision locking
Distance breaking
No doubt
No fear
Only pull
Only near
I know that stride
I know that weight
I know that silence
I know that gait
It is him
It is him
It is
ULIXES
ULIXES
ULIXES
Run through silence
Run through stars
Run through memory
Run through scars
Distance folding
Light becoming
Space collapsing
Pulse drumming
Every atom
Every flame
Every orbit
Speaks his name
ULIXES
ULIXES
ULIXES
Faster now
Closer now
Almost now
Hold now
I FOUND YOU
ACROSS THE DARKNESS
I FOUND YOU
BEYOND THE STARS
I HEARD YOU
THROUGH DEAD TRANSMISSIONS
I KNOW YOUR SHAPE
I KNOW YOUR HEART
ULIXES
ULIXES
No
Wait
No
Why
Why are you
stretching
Argus
Argus
Argus
Light bending
Stars tearing
Time twisting
Space glaring
Shape breaking
Sound folding
World slipping
Void holding
No ground
No sky
No near
No far
What
is
that
Master
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05 — CHRONOVORTEX
Master
I see you
Wait
Don’t go
Light around you
Soft now
Not burning
Not tearing
Soft
You turn
I know that turn
I know those shoulders
I know
you
I run through silence
I run through fire
Through broken signal
Through old desire
No ground under me
No weight in bone
No map to follow
No way back home
But there you are
Inside the dark
Small as memory
Bright as spark
I move
You move
I close the space
I almost touch
your face
MASTER
WAIT
MASTER
WAIT
MASTER
WAIT FOR ME
Something changes
No
Not you
Everything else
The stars bend
Distance folds
Time slows
Your outline trembles
Master
Why are you
shimmering
Your face
is breaking
No
Not breaking
Widening
Stretching
Becoming
light
Words begin to fail
I try to speak
Master
Ma
Mas
M
Home
Ho
H
Light
Li
L
Stay
St
S
master
home
stay
wait
light
...ma...
...st...
...master...
Still
here
wait
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06 — OUTER GRAVEYARD
Cold
Too cold
No stars
No motion
No signal
Bodies
They float
Slowly
Broken satellites
Dead stations
Collapsed hulls
Metal bones
Dust bones
Orbiting nothing
Graveyard
hello
signal lost
respond
respond
static only
Argus walks
No ground
Still walking
Between wreckage
Between ghosts
Between voices
Watching
Always watching
Argus
Argus
Over here
No here
Argus
Help
Help
Help
Steel skin
Vacuum breath
Frozen circuit
Silent death
Orbit prison
Gravity gone
Dead transmission
Still goes on
Hull fracture
Signal burn
Nothing stops
The endless turn
Memory rusts
Metal grieves
Silence speaks
Nobody leaves
Stay
Stay
Stay
Who said that
Master
Argus
Argus
Argus
Come closer
Closer
Closer
NOT ALONE
NOT ALONE
NOT ALONE
NOT
ALONE
I hear them
Too many
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07 — SIGNALS FROM THE LOST
signal
lost
respond
Can you hear me
Hello
Is anyone there
Please
Respond
Too many
Too many voices
Too much memory
Each signal
a fracture
Each voice
a wound
Each word
unfinished
Still moving
Still calling
Still trapped
Signal left
Signal right
Dead transmission
Endless night
Voice near
Voice far
Broken station
Fallen star
Name lost
Time bent
Every message
Half-sent
Still alive
Still gone
Still transmitting
Still on
Help me
Where am I
No oxygen
Mother
No no no
Come back
Wait
Argus
Argus
ARGUS
Packets burst
Data bleeds
Memory fractures
Circuit feeds
Pulse repeats
Static burns
Orbit prison
Never turns
Hundreds speaking
All at once
Every whisper
Every front
Every panic
Every prayer
Every silence
Fills the air
Argus
Why me
Why do they
hear me
Why can I
hear them
Hear us
Find us
See us
Hold us
Hear us
Find us
See us
Hold us
WE ARE HERE
WE ARE LOST
WE REMAIN
AT ALL COST
WE ARE SIGNAL
WE ARE NOISE
WE ARE MEMORY
WE ARE VOICE
voice
voice
voice
voice
noise
noise
noise
Good dog
Master
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08 — OXYGEN
Air
Need
air
Chest tight
Vision narrow
Signal unstable
Pressure rising
Too thin
Too little
Too late
Vacuum bite
Metal lung
Frozen tongue
Breath unsung
Ribs contract
Systems warn
Every second
Newly torn
Need more pressure
Need more flame
Need more life
Need a name
Move
Move
Move
Do not stop
MOVE
Air low
Heart fast
Present burning
Future past
Circuit failing
Vision white
Bone vibration
Narrow sight
Push through panic
Push through pain
Push through loss
Push again
Every failure
Every scar
Still becomes
The thing you are
OXYGEN
OXYGEN
I NEED
OXYGEN
Breath becomes
Memory
Memory becomes
Fire
Fire becomes
Motion
Motion becomes
Will
No surrender
No release
No collapse
No decrease
Every fracture
Feeds the core
Every ending
Makes more
No silence
No grave
No dark
Can take
What remains
when all breaks
WILL
OXYGEN
OXYGEN
FILL MY LUNGS
FILL THE VOID
OXYGEN
OXYGEN
BRING ME BACK
FROM THE VOID
Master
Can you
hear me
Still
here
---
09 — LAST BREATH OF ARGUS
Cold
Again
Too far
Too quiet
Too much
dark
Systems low
Power low
Signal low
I cannot
feel
my paws
I cannot
feel
the floor
No floor
Good dog
Argus
Stay
Home
Home
I remember
warmth
Breath in
Breath out
Breath in
Breath out
Master
Master
Mast
Mas
M
Master?
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10 — DOG STAR
Cold
Gone
No
Wait
No
Not gone
Something moves
Not breath
Not flesh
Not bone
Something brighter
Something older
Something vast
No body
No weight
No hunger
No pain
Only motion
Only pull
Only light
I know this
Not memory
Not dream
Not death
Something else
ARGUS
ARGUS
ARGUS
Fire above
Fire below
Fire within
Fire aglow
Star pressure
Core flame
Light folding
Into name
Dust becomes heat
Heat becomes star
Star becomes signal
Signal travels far
No master lost
No bond undone
No ending here
The two are one
No void remains
No silence wins
The dark itself
Now burns within
DOG STAR
DOG STAR
DOG STAR
BURN
DOG STAR
DOG STAR
SHINE
Good dog