RISING FOR THE MOON

(Tune: obvious)

We brave the last great sea, we ride the starlit sky,
For that's the way it is, that is our fortune.
There are many fears to ease, many people's dreams to buy
And every trip's begun rising for the moon.

There are miles of empty space we must cross to reach that hell,
But that's the way it is, that is our fortune.
And it's worth it to make real all the tales the dreamers tell
When we send some mother's son rising for the moon.

Rising for the moon, the sun is bright, the sky is dark,
But the flame that lifts us heavenward is bright as any spark.
The mountains and the dust now bear our travellers' mark
Whose every trip does start rising for the moon.

We splash down into the sea, out of the cloudy sky,
And then come crowds and bands, and fame and fortune,
But we will not find our ease, till the people all do fly,
And every day's begun rising for the moon.

Rising for the moon, the sun is bright, the sky is dark,
But the flame that lifts us heavenward is bright as any spark.
The mountains and the dust now bear our travellers' mark
Whose every trip does start rising for the moon.
(repeat)