Stars Beyond Goodbye

Mother, can you hear me through the hull?

Father, keep the porch light in your heart

They wrote our names in a line of fire Pinned our youth

to a uniform sky

We left with rings still warm on our hands And half-finished rooms

back home

My wife pressed my palm to her waiting child Said come back

before this name is born

I said I'll try,

I said I'll try

Ayo ra, ayo ra Across the cold we call your names Ayo

ra, selo na Hold our place by the

family door If I fall beyond the burning blue Carry my love

where the starlanes bend Tell my mother I was brave enough Tell

my father I remembered him Tell my love to raise our child

in sun If I live I'll find the road again We are

more than names they sent to war

Korai, korai, taloom Fire on the flank,

hold the line Korai,

korai, taloom Steel and light around our bones (ah!) A home,

a home, remember

home If we fall beyond the burning blue Carry

our love where the starlanes bend Tell our

mothers we were brave enough Tell our fathers we remembered them Tell

our loves to raise the children strong If we

live we'll find the road again

We are more than names they sent to war

Ayo ra

Keep a chair for us Keep a light for us (ooh)