Watcher Of The Skies
Genesis
Foxtrot (1972)

Watcher of the skies watcher of all
His is a world alone no world is his own,
He whom life can no longer surprise,
Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

Creatures shaped this planets soil
Now their reign has come to end,
Has life again destroyed life,
Do they play elsewhere, do they know
more than their childhood games?
Maybe the lizard shedded its tail,
This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

Judge not this race by empty remains
Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead.
For now the lizard shedded its tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

From life alone to life as one,
Think not now your journey done
For though your ship be sturdy,
No mercy has the sea,
Will you survive on the ocean of being.
Come ancient children hear what I say
This is my patting counsel for you on your way.

Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
Where we have gone you know you never can go,
Watcher of the skies watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.