Journey's End

(album: The Power Of The Nightstar - 2022)

Silence, at long last it's over
Against all odds we still remain
We've passed through the needle's eye
As the Nightstar slowly collapses
As it's drained of all its power

Cruising through what's left
Of a thousand battleships
Our kin's final resting place
The remnants of our race set off
To a final destination
Hopefully peace we'll find, someday

No one longer yearn for our demise
Once again we're searching for a home
Travelling far through worlds without stars
We have passed a thousand or more
In search of a place where we can live in peace
But so far, only emptiness we have found

"And so we journeyed through the enveloping cosmic dark. In all this vastness, and obscure stellar systems, for many aeons we found little hope. At these far outreaches of the universe, we found few worlds that could harbour life. No place to which our species could migrate. But suddenly, through the darkness, a pale blue dot emerged. And we knew, this was where we would make our stand."

Hope is all but lost for our race
We've survived all hardships that we've faced
Travelled so far, to find a new star
That can grant, a new life for us all
In search of a place, far into space
Now it seems that we have arrived

We've reached a remote, small galaxy
And we see a world of blue and green
The third one from the star
This view seems familiar somehow
It feels like our home
Tell us we're free