I

They say he was born in a smouldering crater

In the plains of a nameless, backwater moon

Raised in the wild, but soon gang-pressed by slavers

To be bait in a plan to cause innocents doom

II

But the child was cunning, and resented the scheme

And prayed to the cosmos, who spoke in his dreams

Told him how to be free, and cause his captors’ doom

By Breaking the airlocks in each of their rooms

He hid in the bridge while they decompressed

And left with the people he’d free from duress

III

And he soared between comets and planetoids

Hurdling on through the vacuum of space

He united world governments, no matter how paranoid

And provided a future for every sapient race

I        

Hundreds of star systems freed by his deeds

By the time he was only fifteen

He listened to people, cared for their needs

If they were fleshy like him, or sentient steam

II

But every new alien, no matter how odd

Held this belief, despite creed or god

Time was moving too fast, with still too much to do

If Things kept drifting apart, then It had to be argued

Space would expand until it went cold

Any action to stop it, would be desperate and bold

III

And he soared between comets and planetoids

Hurdling on through the vacuum of space

He united world governments, no matter how paranoid

And provided a future for every sapient race
I

So the hero recalled his old friends and new allies

A new order galactic, like never before

Planets, and space stations, all to be utilized

To master reality,  stop death at the door

II

They built the machine, the size of a star

All scientists gathered, no journey too far

The tests are complete, and we await the machine

To bring us oblivion or our new eternal dream

And the hero gave us the dream and the choice

And a risk we accepted, all with one voice

I
Am D F E7
Am D F G
Am D F E7
Am C D E7

II

DmE7 Am DmE7 Am

DmE7 Am Dm E7

Dm E7 Am F
C E7
Dm E7 Am F
C E7

III

F G C->Am

F G Am

F G C->Am

 E7

I Am D F E7 / A D F G/
Am D F E7
Am D F G
Am D F E7
Am C D E7

II

DmE7 Am DmE7 Am

DmE7 Am Dm E7

Dm E7 Am F
C E7
Dm E7 Am F
C E7

III

F G C->Am

F G Am

F G C->Am

 E7

IAm D F E7 / A D F G/
Am D F E7
Am D F G
Am D F E7
Am C D E7

II

DmE7 Am DmE7 Am

DmE7 Am Dm E7

Dm E7 Am F
C E7
Dm E7 Am F
C E7