(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
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Watcher of the skies watcher of all
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His is a world alone no world is his own,
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He whom life can no longer surprise,
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Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.
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Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
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Now their reign has come to an end,
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Has life again destroyed life,
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Do they play elsewhere, do they know
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more than their childhood games?
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Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
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This is the end of man's long union with Earth.
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Judge not this race by empty remains
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Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?
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For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
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This is the end of man's long union with Earth.
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From life alone to life as one,
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Think not now your journey's done
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For though your ship be sturdy, no
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Mercy has the sea,
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Will you survive on the ocean of being?
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Come ancient children hear what I say
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This is my parting council for you on your way.
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Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
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Where we have gone you know you never can go.
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Watcher of the skies watcher of all
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This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.
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Watcher Of The Skies
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Genesis |