From Dust to Life-Destiny's End

Burn for a thousand eons Shot from exploding fire Ride through a lifeless vacuum Born at the dawn of time Union with nature Follow random paths Rising from chaos Becoming part of what we see [Lead: Dan] Struggle, focus, mutate and grow Project, predict Words connecting separate minds Isolation lost On the shoulders of the past Concepts of today From dust to life, unfolding mind Consciousness, questioning why A quantum world, outside the mind Contemplate, our demise Race through a thousand light years Ripped from a white hot sun Facing the countless enemies Surviving endless storms Rise from the yielding ice age Chipping the stones away Peer into every corner Probing the world within Mindless reflexes Flooding the world Compassion to survive The effective response-emotion [Lead: Dan] Instincts, dying, a fragile form Helpless, progress Pressing on uninfluenced Persistence is life Unsubstantial differences Unjust is pride [Chorus] [Leads: Dan, Perry, Dan, Perry] Burn for a thousand eons Shot from exploding fire Ride through a lifeless vacuum Born at the dawn of time Ruthless intelligence Standing alone Universal truth At the top how long? [Chorus]