Sons and daughters
Of our home world,
See the stars There
Worlds unfurled,
Launch your space craft
Eyes up, not back,
Find our future
In the vast black,
Take with you our blood, our tears,
Our memories, our dreams, our fears,
Genius, hubris, human soul,
Fusion furnace held far shoal,
Sons and daughters
Our fate is set,
Climb down to the
Distant planet,
Bring Terra's life
Seed new Earth there
Cast new oceans
Breathe living air
Take with you our blood, our tears,
Our memories, our dreams, our fears,
Genius, hubris, human soul,
Ten thousand suns, we see our goal
Hear behind you joy, our cheer,
Remember Apollo, Sputnik, Mir,
Find our place out
In those far stars,
Past our footsteps
On Moon and Mars,
Take with you our blood, our tears,
Our memories, our dreams, our fears,
Some brave souls leave wounded Earth
Others stay to heal our hearth,
Brothers, sisters, sons and daughters
Forgive the sins of mothers, fathers,
Bring from Earth our legacy, kin,
So on far realms new life begin.
