Julia Ecklar - The Phoenix [HQ]

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Walkabout track 11. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs.
Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_walkabout

Find more of Julia Ecklar's excellent music at: https://www.prometheus-music.com/
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Lyrics:

In a tower of flame in Capsule Twelve, I was there.
I know not where they laid my bones, it could be anywhere.
But when fire and smoke had faded, the darkness left my sight,
And I found my soul in a spaceship's soul, riding home on a trail of light.

Chorus:
And my wings are made of tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel.
I am the joy of Terra for the power that I wield.
Once upon a lifetime, I died a pioneer;
Now I sing within a spaceship's heart. Does anybody hear?

Before each morning's launch, they know that I am there.
To the soul that warms this vessel's hull they say a silent prayer.
I am father, ship, and spirit of the dream for which they strive,
For I am man at the hands of man; see us rocket for the sky!

(Chorus)

My thunder rends the morning sky. Yes, I am here!
Though lost to flame when I was man, now I ride her without fear.
For I am more than man now, and man built me with pride.
Oh, I led the way, and I lead the way, of man's future in the sky!

(Chorus)