Enceladus Lyrics

I was born a long time ago, in a happy and protected fortress

A stronghold against the tyranny of darkness

And an incubator for all that's good in life

I came into this world smiling and laughing

Knowing that a time would come, when all would live in harmony

For there was no other way, and that is all I had ever known

A small crack formed in the outer wall, and then another

I took an obscure path to discover that there is no guarantee in life

We are not destined for greatness

Yet there is a possibility for men and women to achieve great things

The universe is not indifferent, but it doesn't cast a vote

It waits in reservation, reflecting our hopes back upon us

Like a stone skipping on a lake, infinitely, forevermore

I promised to be true, in anticipation of the harvest at summer's end

All things move in cycles, the seasons of the Earth

I am now at the midway point, and I have climbed the highest mountain

The one I saw on the distant horizon, so many years ago

From such great heights, I can see the wild terrain

In all splendid detail and independent motion

Churning and convulsing, making way for the future

Of wonderful and grandiose idealistic forms, supportive of the way

And single-minded, on its course of impatient restlessness

From such great heights it becomes apparent

That the rhythms of nature are there to apprehend

And the one true path of knowing is a journey without end

To see the gear rotations and the cleansing of the brook

And to smell the sweet fragrance of a poppy, or a rose

All things are knowable, hidden as they are

To protect the cosmic secret from discovery too soon

Cry, cry for the moon, but do not ever think that your sorrows are your own

For every tear that's shed, a million more are formed in perfect facsimile

With greatest care, unique and unassuming, the human condition survives through empathy

And compassion is the way of the wise and the fair

Networks of gratitude feed the spirit of those who are patched in

Like the roots of the rainforest, a single organism, dependent on the acts of you and me

We are free to choose, and every way we lose, but to be reborn under the sun

Is a promise that we all can share, it isn't fair to be left out in the dark

But it's necessary and vital to the future of our kind