Well, perfect to look at, maybe. And it was, it was beautiful. They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems. And on the continent of Wild Endeavour, in the mountains of Solace and Solitude, there stood the Citadel of the Time Lords. The oldest and most mighty race in the universe. Looking down on the galaxies below, sworn never to interfere, only to watch. Children of Gallifrey were taken from their families at the age of eight to enter the Academy. Some say that's where it all began, when he was a child. That's when the Master saw eternity. As a novice, he was taken for initiation. He stood in front of the Untempered Schism. It's a gap in the fabric of reality through which could be seen the whole of the vortex. We stand there, eight years old, staring at the raw power of time and space, just a child. Some would be inspired. Some would run away. And some would go mad.
The Sound of Drums
I stood and watched it burn
I listened to their screams
I owed them that
I owed them so much more
I so often destroy
The people I love
And I always promise
To look into their eyes
When I've killed them again
There are some debts you cannot repay
There are some things you can only
Run away from
So that's what I'll do
I'll run
Until the stars burn to nothing
And I'm alone in the universe
I'll try not to fall in love
And fail
Because it's worth it
There will be people
And they will die
And I will kill them
Leave them
Scatter them like a broken tune
Behind my retreating back
I will lie because it's better sometimes
I will fight because people need
To be saved
I will die because I can live again
I will spend a billion years giving
Trying to repay what I took
Debts like that don't have the same rules
But I have to try
I will travel the universe
Drift through time
I will leave the brakes on
Because I like the sound imperfection makes
I murdered the Time Lords
I sent them to hell
And now I'm running
I'll never stop