Sojourner Lyrics
Who brooks like you and I
Who sings his lullabies off key
Who's mystified you
Nay, reminds you
Of how life used to seem
But now, we're together now
Yet somewhere I must find
That somewhere I should be
And given eyes to lead
It's I, Sojourner, I
I, Sojourner, lead
I know such tears are admirable
Brought out of year and sensible
But all you'll sight is not your kind
He's setting up for nighty-night
Palindrome, palindromes
So here you hear belief
And heaven's on the beam
Where I, Sojourner, I
I, Sojourner flee
In lieu of frozen flame
In step of temporal rage
As crucifixes I've played right through this
This waning spell of strange
Yet somewhere I must somewhere find
That somewhere I should be
And given eyed to lead
It's I, Sojourner, I
I, Sojourner, I
Deus Ex Machine atoned
‘Twas Briar 'round the maypole
Sour milk disgraceful
And shot on the Late-Late Show
Yet then they rose
And like the rue he hath bloomed
Love each other
Love done true
I’m here with you
At home with you
If I'm younger
It's you that's moved
This wizened man
Into the child
Seven's I can learn
Of heavens I can offer
A resurrection won off forever
As free as you can free
Is free as I'll consider
On slivers of the gray
We're forever
Forever
About
Months after the news begins to spread about Shiny returning to Earth, the X&I decide to accept his return and prepare for his arrival in a very festive fashion. Thousands of people will start waiting for Shiny’s spaceship to come down and for him to emerge from it. This will be interesting because in all of the 22 previous songs on this album, none of them have been from the perspective of Shiny, and when he returns, he will be properly introduced.
In this song, there are three different characters singing. The first is June as she continues to float towards the sun. The second is Ruby, who left Osyraa to find Shiny. The third is Osyraa, who is still being hunted by the X&I and is hiding in the crowds of people waiting for Shiny.
At the end of the song, Shiny’s ship comes down to Earth and he steps out of it. He’s supposed to be 75 years old, but he hasn’t aged a day since he was exiled 20 years ago. He comes out and is very confused that the people who rejected him are now celebrating his return. He’s also confused as to why he’s back on Earth, because he took The March of Life, which should have killed him. Despite his confusion, Shiny plays along with it.
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- 1.ATUM
- 4.Embracer
- 6.Hooligan
- 10.Hooray!
- 11.The Gold Mask
- 12.Avalanche
- 13.Empires
- 14.Neophyte
- 15.Moss
- 16.Night Waves
- 17.Space Age
- 18.Every Morning
- 19.To the Grays
- 20.Beguiled
- 21.The Culling
- 22.Springtimes
- 23.Sojourner
- 26.Pacer
- 28.Cenotaph
- 29.Harmageddon
- 30.Fireflies
- 31.Intergalactic
- 32.Spellbinding
- 33.Of Wings