Klaatu - So Said The Lighthouse Keeper Lyrics
I am the very loneliestOf creatures in the universeIndeed I am an epitaph to ManFor having witnessed mass destructionLike you've never dreamed and worseI fear I shall bear witness once againSo said the lighthouse keeperAs he struggled up the spiral stairsWhich led him to the laser flareWhich scanned the cosmic voidWhere keeping constant vigilHe'd forewarn, this gallant guard of guardsBeware all ships the space graveyardAnd its stones of asteroidsFor though my race was thought immuneThemselves they did consumeSo be warned or be mourned tomorrowAnd from your deafess do desistAnd pray take heed of thisFor your present courseCan only end in sorrowSo said the lighthouse keeperAs he wiped a teardrop from his noseUpon which his spectacles roseAnd gazed out to the starsAnd like a portrait still he staredAnd sighing to himself declaredI must invent the perfect prayerNot yours, not mine, but oursWhich in the name of charityMight lead us to Eternal PeaceThe ultimate philosophySome simple, single phraseThe old and much encumbered manThen came to rest with head in handHe thoughtAnd thoughtAnd thought away his last remaining day(Epilogue: When to his end the old man came Death told him "You'll not die in vain" And on his lips the fatal kiss was placed But from within his falling chest The old man uttered one last breath And had we heard his parting word We'd know that he had said.
