Beyond Antares was a 23rd century love song.
Lieutenant Uhura was fond of the song, and sang it on a couple of occasions while serving on the USS Enterprise. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King", "The Changeling")
Lyrics
The skies are green and glowing
Where my heart is
Where my heart is
Where....the scented lunar flower is blooming
Somewhere, beyond the stars
Beyond Antares
I'll be back though it takes forever
Forever is just a day.
Forever is just another journey
Tomorrow a stop along the way
And let the years go fading
Where my heart is
Where my heart is
Where my love eternally is waiting
Somewhere, beyond the stars
Beyond Antares
Background
The music for this song was written by Wilbur Hatch with lyrics by Gene L. Coon. (Star Trek Encyclopedia 2nd ed., p. 44) The song's backing track included harpsichord, played by Marl Young, and guitar, played by Laurindo Almeida. Uhura actress Nichelle Nichols once described the song as "a very ethereal thing" and went on to say, "We had a rendition of it that was out of sight, but it was too now, too hip. It had just the tinge of sultriness and it could have gone wrong [....] I should have recorded it. Anyway, when I took it just a little lower, it had a throaty quality." Nichols thoroughly enjoyed the process of recording the song. "What was marvelous about it was that we had Laurindo Almeida and full accompaniment," Nichols enthused. She also described Almeida's guitar background as "beautiful beautiful." (The World of Star Trek, 3rd ed., p. 114)
An instrumental version of the song additionally appeared on Leonard Nimoy's album titled Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space.