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(Verse 1)
There once was a lad that sailed the seas
Behind a wheel of wood,
And with the help of the northern star,
He knew where he went, he should.
His points of light were good.
(Verse 2)
But then one day the dog star died,
He lost his way onward.
He told the captain he’d get them there
And that he would keep his word.
The sails were unfurled.
(Bridge 1)
The navigator lost his way,
The daylight ended soon.
The compass, map, and the sextants too
Were lost in the typhoon.
As lost as the new moon.
(Verse 3)
The captain growled, "You promised, boy!
Or must I find your replace?"
The crewmen's eyes were full of doubt,
And fear was on each face.
Adrift without a trace.
(Bridge 2)
Exhausted, in his hammock swung,
He fell into a deep,
Where whispers of the ocean's soul
A secret vow did keep.
Rocked by tide into sleep
(Verse 4)
But then that night he had a dream
Of the path that they should take.
They sailed off to the eastern shore
Like a meteor’s high wake,
(Outro)
In the darkened sky’s daybreak.
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¶ The Dreamer's Bearing
“The Dreamer’s Bearing” was originally written by Dustin J. Craig for Starship Dominatrix (Part Two, Chapter Four, Section: “Space Shanty,” pp. 74–75). The lyrics were later expanded with additional verses, a chorus, and a bridge by Erik Dorn and Navi. The musical composition was synthesized using AI.
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(Verse 1)
There once was a lad that sailed the seas behind a wheel of wood,
And with the help of the northern star, he knew where he went, he should.
His points of light were good.
(Chorus)
So steer by the star-light, lads, while the faithful heavens burn!
And trust in the charted, ancient paths from which we never turn!
For when the sky goes dark and strange, and all the known lights flee...
What compass then shall guide your ship across the endless sea?
(Verse 2)
But then one day the dog star died, he lost his way onward.
He told the captain he'd get them there and that he would keep his word.
The sails were unfurled.
(Chorus)
So steer by the star-light, lads, while the faithful heavens burn!
And trust in the charted, ancient paths from which we never turn!
For when the sky goes dark and strange, and all the known lights flee...
What compass then shall guide your ship across the endless sea?
(Verse 3)
The navigator lost his way, the daylight ended soon.
The compass, map, and the sextants too were lost in the typhoon.
As lost as the new moon.
(Chorus)
So steer by the star-light, lads, while the faithful heavens burn!
And trust in the charted, ancient paths from which we never turn!
For when the sky goes dark and strange, and all the known lights flee...
What compass then shall guide your ship across the endless sea?
(Verse 4)
The captain growled, "You promised, boy! Or must I find your replace?"
The crewmen's eyes were full of doubt, and fear was on each face.
Adrift without a trace.
(Chorus)
So steer by the star-light, lads, while the faithful heavens burn!
And trust in the charted, ancient paths from which we never turn!
For when the sky goes dark and strange, and all the known lights flee...
What compass then shall guide your ship across the endless sea?
(Verse 5)
Exhausted, in his hammock swung, he fell into a deep,
Where whispers of the ocean's soul a secret vow did keep.
Rocked by tide into sleep
(Bridge)
And the dream was not of star or stone, nor numbers on a page...
It was the song the currents sing, the wisdom of the age!
It was the feel of rightness in the timber and the tide!
A truth no instrument could show, but something felt inside!
(Verse 6)
But then that night he had a dream of the path that they should take.
They sailed off to the eastern shore like a meteor's high wake,
In the darkened sky's daybreak.
(Outro)
(Spoken/Rumbled, over a fading, hopeful melody)
And they say he guides them still... not by the star that gleams...
But by the deeper, dreaming chart... that's woven in our dreams.
The compass in the soul...
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