Adrift on a starship
So far away from planetside
I wonder who I am

Behind me a planet dies
Their prophets spitting
Venom in candid lies

They called me 'traitor'
Is my name 'Manslayer'
But when all is said and done
Will she still remember me?

Would I betray her?
How many will I kill?
Upon a million minds
My name is carved, 'Jherek Tide'

They say I kill for greed
More say they've seen me bleed
But not a one has seen the tears
Of a man of my dying breed

So many wonder why
Still others dare to die
And all of their faces
Still cry out within my mind

I can no longer run
The nightmares haunt my sleep
Faces steal my covers
And cold dead hands grip my throat

[Bridge]
To die would be
To rest in peace
To see her face
Would drive me weak

A thousand miles away
I feel her touch
And taste her breath

"I live only to kill"
Or so I thought
As twenty years
Bleed from my eyes

We were so young
And now my journey
Is nearing its end
And only now do I know

I don't belong here
I must return one day
To be with her
Is my only wish

Why am I here
Where do I go now
What must I do
Who can I trust

[Solo: Sullivan]

As a thousand stars
Blur past my weary eyes
Their accusing stares
Surrounding me

Suffocating me
Threatening me
Their blood-red eyes
Won't calm my sleep

Beyond horizons
Upon the cosmic shoreline
So rarely tread
My home lies in ruin

A starlit hell
Within glass walls
A silent scream
Through lifeless lips

<Jherek speaking>
Now is not the time for tears...
My home lies ruined, miles below me.
I must make my return--
And I must go to her.

I have no need for questions;
I know now what I must do.
I am Jherek Tide...
...Kinslayer.

[Solo: Mitchell]

And now
I'm set to return
My exile in vain
My people all gone

The horizon below
A barren world
Wastelands broken
Survival in tow

My eyes to the throne
Hands reaching out
Futility has found me

Her eyes to the sky
As my feet return
The harsh desert sands
Beneath my boots

Clad in steel
My oddysey ends
All hope returns
My heart in her hands

<Jherek speaking>
And all was at peace...
Or so I thought.
As we held each other,
Twenty years behind us...

Out came a call to me.
Calling to the night...
And I saw a woman in the shadows.

The look in her eyes spoke volumes to me.
Here stood my only daughter,
Her weapon aimed on my heart.

<Jherek> ...For what it's worth... I'm sorry.
<Arlene> It means more than you think... But... I can't let you live.
<Jherek> I would give you the courtesy.
<Arlene> ...Father...
<Jherek> You know what you have to do.
<Arlene> ...It can't end like this...
<Jherek> I'm sorry. You have your orders. Protect your mother.
<Arlene> Jherek... I'm sorry...
<Jherek> Don't be.

[ Gunshot ]

For miles I fell
The world at my sides
The sun grows dark
As my world ends close

Blood fills my eyes
But for just this once
It is my own
And not of my kin

All worldly pain
Strikes in my nerves
The sound of her cry
I would carry...

...To the grave