SETI Songtext
von Conflicting Motive

Floating above us
In the stories, we′re told
There's an architect in the stars

Weightless and distant
With grace and precision
Directing us from afar

But we have a price
That we have to pay
Choking on questions
That we′ll never say

Picking up pieces
And fragments of plans
Best laid in waves that
Crash through the sand

So I'm told
It's not my place to ever know
And I′m afraid that we′ve been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole


Sending transmission
Will you ever listen
I wonder how long can you stall

The wars have grown countless
The floods will soon drown us
Our king just sleeps through it all

I'm building a ship
And leaving this place
Arrangements deranged
The souls you made

Far up above
But you can be sure
I′m bringing you back
Back down to earth

So I'm told
It′s not my place to ever know
And I'm afraid that we′ve been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole

So I'm told
It's not my place to ever know
And I′m afraid that we′ve been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole


Silly me, I know that things
Always happen for a reason

But as I trace these lines
Across the space that we can't breathe in

Shattered moons and solar winds
Spinning scores of scattered planets

I ride this well of ink
Spilled across this endless canvas

I land and tumble in
Through these halls of ancient marble

Clutched firmly in my hands
Tidal trinkets only borrowed

I sink down and in between
The Event and the Horizon

And in time I find we all end
Right back, just where we started

We′re lost in the unknown
Endless novas guiding us home

Oh, you'll never be alone
Trails of novas guiding us home

Oh, we′re lost in the unknown
Endless novas guiding us home

Oh, you'll never be alone
Tranquil novas guiding us home