Static in the midnight band
A distant voice we barely understand
Red dust sleeping under ice
Waiting on a second try
Every signal cuts through time
Old hopes riding data lines
Not a call, not a plea
Just a question sent to see
Signals from Mars, coming through
Not saying stay, not saying move
Just asking who we'll be
When we arrive consciously
Signals from Mars, faint but clear
A future close enough to hear
Not a promise, not a plan
Just a hand beyond the sand
Cold machines don't feel the fear
They only know why we are here
But every line we send ahead
Carries all the things we said
We don't travel to escape
We translate what we became
Every mile, every scar
Encoded in the stars
Signals from Mars, coming through
Not saying stay, not saying move
Just asking who we'll be
When we arrive consciously
Signals from Mars, faint but clear
A future close enough to hear
Not a promise, not a plan
Just a hand beyond the sand
If no one's there to answer back
Still the journey stays intact
Meaning isn't what we find
It's what we bring across the line
Signals from Mars, stripped and bare
No illusion waiting there
Only space enough to grow
Into things we don't yet know
Signals from Mars, calm and slow
Teaching us what matters most
Not how far our engines ran
But how we learned to still be human
The signal fades, but something stays
A quiet hope that learns to wait