[Verse 1] Cold map of stars Pinned to a classroom wall We circle one small fire Pretend we’ve named it all Out past the faint blue halo Past where the charts go blank Something watches, patient From a lightless, endless bank [Chorus] We are an island in the black Fragile shore on a hungry sea Tiny lantern on a cliff of glass Daring the dark to notice we breathe We are an island in the black Calling out where nothing calls back Just a whisper in a violent sky As the void rolls by [Verse 2] Ghost worlds under red suns Frozen oceans, poisoned rain Cities made of crystals Carved by something strange Eyes in sulfur vapors Mouths that never learned our names Prayers in colors, not in words Rising through their storms and flames [Chorus] We are an island in the black Fragile shore on a hungry sea Tiny lantern on a cliff of glass Daring the dark to notice we breathe We are an island in the black Calling out where nothing calls back Just a whisper in a violent sky As the void rolls by [Bridge] What if we are not invited? (oh) What if we are not alone? What if every star is filled with teeth Guarding their unknowns? Still we aim our trembling signals Like bottles flung from sinking decks Names and numbers, grain and bone All our futures in the text [Chorus] We are an island in the black Fragile shore on a hungry sea Tiny lantern on a cliff of glass Daring the dark to notice we breathe We are an island in the black Holding hands at the ocean’s edge Just a flicker on a drifting rock In a universe that never begs [Outro] One small island On an endless, shifting tide We stare upward And the dark just stares us wide
