The Price of Arrival
(hummmmm) A thousand years of silent light,
Our children safe into the night.
The silver hull begins to lean,
To take the best we've ever seen.
They demand the heavy sum,
Now the ancient mothers come. (ahhhh)
They claim the first,
they claim the most,
A silent toll along the coast.
The price we pay for endless peace,
A golden cage, a cold release.
We watch them climb the silver stair,
Their voices melting in the air.
A heavy quiet fills the room,
Beneath the shadow of the bloom.
We paid the price.
(We paid the price) To buy the stars.
(To buy the stars)
They claim the first,
they claim the most,
A silent toll along the coast.
The price we pay for endless peace,
Our final resolution.