11. Epilogue [Part 1 & 2] lyrics

Instrumental (0:00 - 0:51)

[Narrator: Richard Burton ("The Journalist")]

The torment was ended. The people scattered over the country, desperate, leaderless, starved…... The thousands who had fled by sea - including the one most dear to me - all would return. The pulse of life, growing stronger and stronger, would beat again!

As life returns to normal, the question of another attack from Mars causes universal concern. Is our planet safe, or is this time of peace merely a reprieve? It may be that, across the immensity of space, they have learned their lessons and even now await the opportunity. Perhaps the future belongs not to us - but to the Martians.

Instrumental (1:40 - 2:43)

[Jerry Wayne ("Pasadena Control")]

It's looking good. It's going good. We're getting great pictures here at NASA Control, Pasadena. The landing-craft touched down on Mars 28 kilometers from the aim-point. We're looking at a remarkable landscape, littered with different kinds of rocks - red, purple... How 'bout that, Bermuda?

[Jerry Wayne ("Bermuda Control")] Fantastic! Look at the dune-field

[Jerry Wayne ("Pasadena Control")]

Hey, wait. I'm getting a no-go signal. Now I'm losing one of the craft. Hey, Bermuda, you getting it?

[Jerry Wayne ("Bermuda Control")]

No, I lost contact. There's a lot of dust blowing up there

[Jerry Wayne ("Pasadena Control")]

Now I've lost the second craft. We got problems

[Jerry Wayne ("Bermuda Control")]

All contact lost, Pasadena. Maybe the antenna's-

[Jerry Wayne ("Pasadena Control")]

What's that flare? See it? A green flare, coming from Mars, kind of a green mist behind it. It's getting closer. You see it, Bermuda? Come in, Bermuda! Houston, come in! What's going on? Tracking station 43, Canberra, come in, Canberra! Tracking station 63, can you hear me, Madrid? Can anybody hear me? Come in, come in!

• Artist:Jeff Wayne
• Album:Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978)