Perseus arrives just in time. Cetus is about to devour Andromeda when the hero pulls out his most terrifying weapon: Medusa’s head. This song is the climax of the whole story, the exact moment the monster turns to stone and the princess is finally free.
There are three real astronomy clues hidden in the lyrics. One is the same blinking star that already showed up earlier in the album, the one that fades out and flares back up like it’s sleeping. Another is a distant spiral galaxy that also has a nickname tied to sea creatures. And the third one marks the exact tail of the beast, right where its body ends.
Lyrics
(Turn to stone!)
The sea winds scream, the shoreline starts to shake,
A titan rising in the foam and wake!
His breath of fire, his scales of rising storm,
An ancient nightmare taking monstrous form!
No time to pray, no room to step aside:
Either he falls, or I drown beneath the tide! (stand and fight!)
Unleash the cursed head, the weapon forged in dread,
Cetus, your final judgment overhead! (your end is near!)
The stone is calling! Fear crawls upon your skin!
The gods declare this is where your terrors end! (where they end!)
Medusa in my hands, stare straight into her eyes,
Forgive me, brother, but Olympus claims the skies! (it’s over now!)
Your flesh turns cold to granite, your fury bleeds away,
The horror shatters in the dawning of the day! (shatter the stone!)
The waters break against his petrified chest,
The beast is crumbling in the ocean west!
Mira fades out, then flares into the night,
A beating cosmic heart of variable light! (Mira’s eye!)
Out in the Squid Galaxy, a dormant spiral screams,
M-seventy-seven glowing in celestial streams!
Diphda at the tail marks the falling of the beast,
While starlight settles softly on the east! (calm the storm!)
The ocean pulls back slowly, the roaring winds are still,
A giant carved in ruin upon the silent hill.
His venom turns to ash, the broken shadows flee,
My name is carved forever in the sand beside the sea!
(Perseus never falls!)
(Perseus never yields!)
Face the destiny across eternal fields!
The stone is calling! Fear crawls upon your skin!
The gods declare this is where your terrors end! (where they end!)
Medusa in my hands, stare straight into her eyes,
Forgive me, brother, but Olympus claims the skies! (it’s over now!)
Your flesh turns cold to granite, your fury bleeds away,
The horror shatters in the dawning of the day! (shatter the stone!)
The monster is in ruins…
The chains are undone.
Andromeda, my princess…
I came for you.
Like every Astronomika Beats song, this one hides more than one astronomical clue. If you already caught them, tell us in the comments what you found. If not, give it another listen.