Big Big Train

Voyager Lyrics

[Part One: On the Ocean]



Out there on the ebbing tide

Turning to the setting sun

Out into the Great Sea

To the pillars and then further on

Sailing north beyond the gates

Off the charts and out of time

Wanderers beneath the stars

Voyagers on unknown paths



Heading further out

To walk a distant shoreline

To reach the source of a river

The Mountains of the Moon

Beyond the next headland

Over the far horizon

Out into the open seas

To find out who we are



Measuring the shadows

Guided by the stars and sounding weights

Track the arrow-flight of birds

To read the signs, the distant trace

Men changed into standing stones

And water turned to ice

Where the sun has gone to rest

A wilderness, an emptiness



Heading further out

To walk a distant shoreline

To reach the source of a river

The Mountains of the Moon

Beyond the next headland

Over the far horizon

Out under the open skies

See how far we've come



[Part Two: The Farthest Shore]



[Instrumental]



[Part Three: The Pillars of Hercules]



With the sounds of distant Earth

And a trace of love

Carried out to the heavens above

Dare to wonder

Dare to try

Free from the bonds of the sun

Flying further on



50 moons and four worlds

Sketches made in fading light

Ten miles a second

Out there in the space between the stars



Set a course for the brightest world

An ocean moon

Seek the story of life

Before the last long burn is done

Before a distant end

Before the final act



Diving through the rings

A heartbeat reaching out to home

No land, no brave new world

Just signals running out of time



[Part Four: Further Beyond]



[Instrumental]



[Part Five: Grand Finale]



[Instrumental]



[Part Six: The Space Between the Stars]



Go further on

Out to the stars

All systems down

Silent and strong



Go further on

See what can be done

Where we came from

Where we will end



[Part Seven: Homecoming]



Here she comes

From faraway skies

Here she flies

Voyager has come home



Heading further out

To reach uncharted shorelines

Setting sail for the distant stars

The wonder of new worlds

Beyond the next headland

Over the far horizon

Out into the open skies

To find out what we are

How far we've come

How far we can go