Kathy Mar - Ship Of Stone Lyrics
Once there was a Ship of StoneThat orbited a mighty StarAnd from it flew the First Ship's crewWhose children we all areAnd no matter how long we've drawn our trackStill over our shoulder looking backThrough the hydrogen's hiss and the methane's moanPast the polymer clouds of the Dead Stars' shroudsAll our roads run back to the Ship of StoneThere the First Crew all were madeAnd wakened from unknowing sleepBy the boundless sight of Heaven's heightAnd the fires of the DeepAnd no matter how strange the forms we wearHow warped and wild, how rich and rareHow changed we've made the seed we've sownWe are blood of those who, singing, roseFrom the body of the Ship of StoneAnd there our own ships' frames were formedTo grow blue-glowing wingsAnd spread them wide to the farthest tideWhere the last lone beacon singsAnd no matter how tight the net they knotOf our web where the Wheel of Light is caughtHow strange and lost, how grand they've grownThey, too, desire all Heaven's fireOur comrades since the Ship of StoneOnce there was a Ship of StoneClear domed, broad hulled and cleanWhere the air shown blue, through whose holds birds flewAnd whose decks were growing greenAnd no matter odd these things may seemAs madly mazed as shards of dreamThey are not a dream that you dream aloneAll ships, all men, are of one kinWe shall not forget the Ship of Stone.
