Helva’s Song
Words and music by Cecilia Eng

My sister and my brother ships speak softly by my side
But I only hear the emptiness of space
And a siren song which calls to me
From a burning white hot star
Promising oblivion and peace

Refrain:
	And the stars still dance the spiral dance
	And the planets circle far
	But the ship who sang will sing no more between the distant stars
	I’ll sing no more

For my love lies dead within me
His voice forever still
It seems as though my heart will never end
The music’s died unfinished
His song is at an end, we’ll never sing again

	Refrain

Now I could turn and fly away
A rouge without a home
And turn my back on all that we had known
But a hundred years is far too long to live on nothing more
Than memories and heartache all alone

	Refrain

So here upon this lonely field I’ll bid my love goodbye
The honors at his gravesite are the best
And somehow I will find my voice
And fill the silent plain
Yes, I’ll sing him to his rest

	And the stars still dance the spiral dance
	And the planets circle far
	And the ship who sang will sing once more between the distant stars
	I’ll sing once more

	And the ship who sang will sing once more between the distant stars
	I’ll sing once more



Tagged: book, melancholy, space

Inspired by the book, The Ship Who Sang by C. J. Cherryh