Steve Hackett Watcher of the Skies

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 planet's 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 tailThis 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 party 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