The ship of stone lyrics

Once, there was a ship of stone
That orbited a mighty star
And from it flew the first ship's crew
Whose children we all are

And no matter how long we've grown our track
Still over our shoulder looking back

Through the hydrogen's hiss and the methane's moan
Past the polymer clouds of the dead star shrouds
All our roads run back to the ship of stone

there the first crew all were made
and wakened from unknowing sleep
by the boundless sight
of heaven's height
and the fires of the deep

and no matter how strange the forms we wear
how warped and wild, how rich and rare

how changed we've made the seed we've sown
we are the lot of those who singing rose
from the body of the ship of stone

and there our own ships' frames were formed
to grow blue-glowing wings
and spread them wide
to the farthest tide
where the last lone beacon sings

and no matter how tight the net they knot of our web
where the [????] of light is caught
how strange and lost
how grand they've grown

they too desire all heaven's fire
our comrades since the ship of stone

once, there was a ship of stone
clear-domed, broad-hulled and clean
where the air shone blue
through whose holds birds flew
and whose decks were growing green

and no matter how odd these things may seem
as [????], as shards of dream
they are not a dream that you dream alone

all ships, all men are of one kin
we shall not forget the ship of stone

Don Simpson / Kathy Mar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RW03c9MJAk