The Great Unknown

Just get in there

Gas up the car

If you're gonna go

You'll need fuel for the road

But if you stay

Forget the past

Things that haunt you

They never last

Oh but can they last

Just one more day

Somebody light a candle

Light my way

Like those two who crawled out

From the devil's claws

And then they saw the stars

From the center of the Earth

Or crashing through the atmosphere

The answer unclear

Though written in stone

And when those break

There's nothing but the great unknown

It was a long wait

And a walk down an aisle

He placed his hands on my head

And said "Bless you, my child"

Sweet chrism crossed

And incense burned

Throughout the ages Amen was heard

Are we fools who stay our fear

Declaring one desire most dear

Like those two who crawled out

From the devil's claws

And then they saw the stars

From the center of the Earth

Or crashing through the atmosphere

The answer unclear

Though written in stone

And when those break

There's nothing but the great unknown

Teachers line up in rows

To tell me things I already know

As I separate the wheat from the chaff

Until there's no wheat

No laughter left

The sun and moon have disappeared

Might some light enter here?

Like those two who crawled out

From the devil's claws

And then they saw the stars

From the center of the Earth

Or crashing through the atmosphere

The answer unclear

Though written in stone

I am afraid of the great unknown