Shaped by Hands Unknown Lyrics


We followed starlight back like a thread

To the cradle where our history was penned

To the planet below, unscarred by men

To walk the soil where we once had been

What was destroyed has been remade

But not for us, our ties have been erased

And now we stand as strangers at the gate

A home remade yet we are out of place

Seas of azure blaze with morning light

Vast horizons gleam, impossibly bright

Forests murmur through emerald veins

The pulse of Earth now beats again

We begged the stars for one true thing:

"Return us to where our ancestors sang."

Now the soil whispers in a voice too wise:

"You grieve for a world that forgot to die."

Mountains shaped by hands unknown

Through crystal peaks gentle winds blow

Golden deserts blaze in the sun

New life blooms, skies and sea, breathe as one

This soil rejects the ghosts that we became

A paradise that cost us everything

We see its light, we feel its flame

But nothing here will ever call our name

What was destroyed has been remade

But not for us, our ties have been erased

And now we stand as strangers at the gate

A home remade, yet we are out of place

How can we weep for a glorious birth?

When hands unknown have forged a new Earth

We stand estranged, caught in between

Dazzled by new life but mourning our dreams