The War of the Worlds movie - HORSELL COMMON AND THE HEAT RAY lyrics
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JOURNALIST: Next morning, a crowd gathered on the Common,<br>
hypnotized by the unscrewing of the cylinder. Two feet of shining screw projected<br>
when, suddenly, the lid fell off!<br>
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Two luminous disc-like eyes appeared above the rim. A huge, rounded bulk, larger than<br>
a bear, rose up slowly, glistening like wet leather. Its lipless mouth quivered and slavered<br>
- and snake-like tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated.<br>
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A few young men crept closer to the pit. A tall funnel rose, then an invisible ray of heat<br>
leapt from man to man and there was a bright glare, as each was instantly turned to fire.<br>
Every tree and bush became a mass of flames at the touch of this savage, unearthly<br>
Heat Ray.<br>
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People clawed their way off the Common, and I ran too. I felt I was being toyed with,<br>
that when I was on the very verge of safety, this mysterious death would leap after me<br>
and strike me down. At last I reached Maybury Hill and in the dim coolness of my home<br>
I wrote an account for my newspaper before I sank into a restless, haunted sleep.<br>
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I awoke to alien sounds of hammering from the pit, and hurried to the railway station to<br>
buy the paper.<br>
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Around me, the daily routine of life - working, eating, sleeping - was continuing serenely<br>
as it had for countless years.<br>
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On Horsell Common, the Martians continued hammering and stirring,<br>
sleepless, indefatigable, at work upon the machines they were making. Now and<br>
again a light, like the beam of a warship's searchlight, swept the Common - and the Heat<br>
Ray was ready to follow. In the afternoon, a company of soldiers came through and<br>
deployed along the edge of the Common, to form a cordon.<br>
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That evening, there was a violent crash and I realized with horror that my home was<br>
now within range of the Martian's Heat Ray. At dawn, a falling star with a trail of green<br>
mist landed with a flash like summer lightning.<br>
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This was the second cylinder. <br>
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