Earthrise

One step back Take two leaps for-ward And with bait-ed breath we wait For gen-er-a-tion X to fade Em-bra-cing the em-an-ci-pa- tion How will hist-'ry re-mem-ber? Our mast-er-piece chis-eled to dirt Coll-aps-ing pill-ars of the Earth The march of pro-gress in re-verse Love fills my life-less heart Eyes flick-er in the dark Two steps back One leap for-ward You let your shack-les fall with grace Still count-ing on that wish you made To reach out far be-yond the pa- ale How I long to fe-el a-live Be-stow u-pon these vi-tal signs The lu-nar path dic-tates the tide Will we e-ver reach the shore-line? How we ans-wer to the gods Am-ong the men cre-at-ing us- As I in-hale the hurr-i-cane I touch the void and feel no pain Res-olve to car-ry on An-o-ther life a-waits be-yond The hor-i-zon e-volves and will en-sure Our sur-vi-val We are the re-vo-lu-tion Re-solve to carr-y on An-o-ther life a-waits be-yond The hor-i-zon e-volves and will en-sure Our sur-vi-val We are the re-vo-lu-tion