Children of Stardust

Album: The Cosmos and the Heart

A billion years of fire and night
Then something struck the dark just right
The stars burned out, their ash was thrown
And from that dust, a world was grown
The iron in your blood was made
Inside a sun before it fades
You didn't come from this blue ground
You fell from something yet unfound

Look up — the sky is burning still
Look up — it always will

We are children of stardust
Born from fire and light
We are children of stardust
Burning through the night
Not lost, not small, not afraid
We're the best the cosmos ever made
Children of stardust — alive

Two trillion galaxies out there
And silence drifting everywhere
But something left a signal deep
Encoded where the living sleep
The universe is wide awake
It's watching every move we make
The question isn't if we're found
It's whether we will hold our ground

Look up — the light still travels on
Look up — from stars long gone

We are children of stardust
Born from fire and light
We are children of stardust
Burning through the night
Not lost, not small, not afraid
We're the best the cosmos ever made
Children of stardust — alive

We fight over lines in sand
On a pale dot no one sees
While ancient light from dead-and-gone stars
Still falls on you and me
A species born of stardust
Still learning how to stand
The universe is patient
It's waiting on our hand

We are children of stardust
Born from fire and light
We are children of stardust
Burning through the night
Not lost, not small, not afraid
We're the best the cosmos ever made
Children of stardust —
Children of stardust —
Alive

Look up —
Look up —
We are everything that burned
Look up —
Look up —
The universe still turns