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The phrase is the title of the second disc of the 2020 album Human. :||: Nature. by the symphonic metal band Nightwish . It is an eight-part instrumental symphony that includes spoken word passages at the beginning and end. Spoken Passages

The "proper text" for the spoken parts of this composition includes:

"The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization... lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. That's here. That's home. That's us". Full Movement List all_the_works_of_nature_which_adorn_the_world_v...

: Concludes with a passage from Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot :

The complete sequence of the piece consists of these eight movements: II. The Blue III. The Green IV. Moors V. Aurorae VI. Quiet as the Snow The phrase is the title of the second

: Features a quote from Lord Byron's poem, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage :

(includes the "Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal," the world's oldest known melody) VIII. Ad Astra . It is an eight-part instrumental symphony that includes

The overall title itself was inspired by a quote from , who used the phrase to describe the artist's goal of imitating nature through their craft. Nightwish - Human. :||: Nature. - Nuclear Blast USA