Scout (Part II) Words and music by Joe Ficklin © 2025-02-26Am G E Am Awake, it's been a million years / No mortal knew such sleep Am G E Am With circuits down amidst the cold / Of never ending deep Am C D E Am The sensors tick but once a year / And hydrogen is weak Am G E Am Until a star or nebula / Is there for me to seek G D C G A scout I am from ancient Earth / Cast into the stars C G D C A billion scouts like far flung seeds / Scattered silvered scars G D C G The void is empty, still we search / The galaxy we roam C G D A That should we find an other Earth / A place to make a home Am G E Am The sights I've seen with frozen eyes / In frequencies so high Am G E Am The subtle play of gravity / That shapes the lonely sky Am C D E Am A single tick but once a year / A million years of chance Am E Am I've heard the laughter of the stars / Where fusion fires dance REFRAIN Am G E Am I am a scout of long lost life / Humanity is dead Am G E Am The ages are an endless gulf / But seeds of life we spread Am C D E Am Frozen deep, like amber cased / To thaw should planets lie Am G E Am And dropped to start another go / Beneath an alien sky REFRAIN Am G E Am A whisper from the cosmos calls / A faint enduring wave Am G E Am Ever more the cycles spin / Since life sprang from a cave Am C D E Am My metal brain can hold no doubt / Past endless stars I speed Am G E Am We're not the first to go this route / Our home world was a seed REFRAIN