The Astronomer's Legacy

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cold brass meets a frozen palm
The hilltop holds a holy calm
I turn the gears with heavy grace
Searching for your vanished face
The ink is dry upon the page
A silent ghost of another age
I stand where you once stood so tall
Watching for the stars to fall
My breath is mist against the lens
Where the world of shadow ends
I feel the weight of every chart
The map you carried in your heart
[Pre-Chorus]
The indigo begins to fray
To let in the coming day
I hold the pen you used to hold
To tell the story you never told
[Chorus]
O, silver arc in the velvet deep
A promise that we had to keep
Beyond the frost and the lonely height
I see the path of a hidden light
Your legacy is written there
A burning answer to my prayer
Through the glass, I see you shine
In every curve and every line
[Verse]
Rose and gold begin to bloom
Inside this cold and dusty room
I find the mark you missed before
Behind the shadow of the door
Crumpled notes of lead and ink
Lead me to the canyon's brink
The comet wakes with sudden breath
To prove there is no end in death
It streaks across the fading night
A crown of ice and blinding white
I chart the speed, I chart the glow
More than you could ever know
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the cello in the wind
Where the finite worlds rescind
I see the rose upon the hill
While the morning air is still
[Chorus]
O, silver arc in the velvet deep
A promise that we had to keep
Beyond the frost and the lonely height
I see the path of a hidden light
Your legacy is written there
A burning answer to my prayer
Through the glass, I see you shine
In every curve and every line
[Bridge]
Higher than the clouds can fly
Brighter than the morning sky
I reach for the eternal flame
And whisper out your sacred name
The glass is clear, the path is wide
With the universe on my side
I am the watcher, I am the key
To everything you left for me
[Chorus]
O, silver arc in the velvet deep
A promise that we had to keep
Beyond the frost and the lonely height
I see the path of a hidden light
Your legacy is written there
A burning answer to my prayer
Through the glass, I see you shine
In every curve and every line
[Post-Chorus]
The light remains
The light remains
Through the joys and through the pains
The light remains
It never wanes
[Outro]