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Ballad of the Black Hole Sailor

from Apocalypse Songs by Aaron J. Shay

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Past the point of no escape, the point of no return
I'm idling in space near where a star once used to burn
And I know no one will come for me, they'll never hear my cry No sound nor light escapes this place
There's nowhere left to fly
I'm the first, I'm the first, I'm the first Sailor to cross the horizon line
But I'm cursed, I'm cursed, I'm cursed That no one will know
That so lonesome an honor is mine
My father was a tailor, my mother was a queen
And I'm a star-born sailor, this whole galaxy I've seen
And I don't regret a light year that I've traveled since my birth Though my feet will cross the threshold
Having never known the Earth
I'm the first, I'm the first, I'm the first Sailor to cross the horizon line
But I'm cursed, I'm cursed, I'm cursed That no one will know
That so lonesome an honor is mine
Cradled in the tendrils of a singularity
Eternal is its hunger, which is my delivery
For even time cannot escape the darkness' embrace So eternity have I to dream
Of my true lover's face
I'm the first, I'm the first, I'm the first Sailor to cross the horizon line
But I'm cursed, I'm cursed, I'm cursed That no one will know
That so lonesome an honor is mine

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from Apocalypse Songs, released January 26, 2019

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Aaron J. Shay Seattle, Washington

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Sci-fi storyteller and banjo balladeer. I believe in the good kind of apocalypse.

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