The Xenologist's Daughter

from Faded Star by Hello Whirled

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I have found two pieces of literature that connect xenologists with people named Rosalie:

1. "The Ambassador's Tomcat" by Allen Kim Lang, which loosely inspired this song
2. "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which I learned about today

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say she wants a good night
I’ll do what I can to make everything right
I just have to follow her light

I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
would it be right if beforehand I called her?

looks like it’s two of us alone
Rosalie and me, two kids in an empty home
no point in sitting around waiting

I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending the night with the xenologist’s daughter
it could be forever, she’ll just keep getting hotter

this could be it
it’s been a while
but it always feels the same inside
when I watch her smile
this could be it
worth it for miles
clutching her hand we dive in

I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter
I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter
together happy, it’s so easy to love her
I’m spending my life with the xenologist’s daughter

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from Faded Star, released December 25, 2018

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