(Verse 1) They were born where broken starlanes taught the dark to bend, With starfield eyes that saw the routes where maps and memories end. They heard the Fracture singing through the silence of the skies, And learned to guide the living where the lost still wore their cries. (Verse 2) They did not merely reckon distance, fuel, or dying light, They felt the wound remember every ship that crossed the night. A safe road tasted gentle, while a false road smelled of home, And every wrong arrival left their souls more thin and lone. (Chorus) The Navigators carry all the worlds that cannot wait, Through folded time and wounded stars and every shifting gate. They pray to reach the harbour with their names still in their breath, For every path they open takes its tithe in dream and death. (Verse 3) The six great powers need them, yet they fear them running free, So contracts bind their visions like a chain across the sea. Some are guarded, sold, or studied, some are bred in hidden halls, And some are praised as saviours while they tremble behind walls. (Verse 4) They whisper to the Wound Mother where the route-light starts to burn, Not for safety in the dark, but for the grace of true return. Let the ship remember names, let the dead not claim the door, Let the children still know morning when the crossing asks for more. (Chorus) The Navigators carry all the worlds that cannot wait, Through folded time and wounded stars and every shifting gate. They pray to reach the harbour with their names still in their breath, For every path they open takes its tithe in dream and death. (Bridge) Some hear the Godengine through the cracks in space and time, Some see a thousand endings in a colour, scent, or chime. Some come back before departure, some return when love is gone, Some save a thousand strangers and forget which life was wrong. (Outro) So still they cross the darkness where the honest distances fail, With bleeding eyes and shaking hands upon the route-worn rail. Without them, every kingdom falls to silence, fear, and stone, With them, the galaxy keeps moving while they break themselves alone.
