Watcher of the skies watcher of all 

His is a world alone no world is his own, 

He whom life can no longer surprise, 

Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown. 



Creatures shaped this planet's soil, 

Has life again destroyed life, 

Do they play elsewhere, do they know 

More than their childhood games? 

Maybe the lizard's shed its tail, 

This is the end of man's long union with Earth. 



Judge not this race by empty remains 

Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead? 

For now, the lizard's shed it's tail 

This is the end of man's long union with Earth. 



From life alone to life as one, 

Think not your journey's done 

For though your ship be sturdy, no 

Mercy has the sea, 

Will you survive on the ocean of being? 

This is my parting council for you on your way. 



Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars 

Where we have gone you know you never can go. 

Watcher of the skies watcher of all 

This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.