Forged in seething fire

Deep below the earth

To flow toward the sea

Infinite rebirth

From the molten core

In pyroclastic flow

To shape the land anew

Shattered from below

Through hidden gates of stone

I felt the ancient heat

Beneath the ground I walked

Yearning to be free

In and of the world

How glorious to be

Every dreaming hope

Revealed at last to me

Held in breathless awe

By every starry night

How fortunate to see

Such impossible sights

As the moments flow

Ever on and on

Beyond the far horizon

Forever gone

Never to return

Yet deep inside my heart

The flame forever burns

Along the shore

Where the sea receives the sky

A vast expanse of blue

Awakened by the tides

Fed in rushing tribute

By rivers wide and deep

Tears from distant hills

From every jagged peak

Scarred by glacial force

Under deep weight of years

To rise above the clouds

To wait for stars to reappear

In and of the world

How glorious to be

Every dreaming hope

Revealed at last to me

Held in breathless awe

By every starry night

How fortunate to see

Such impossible sights

How fortunate to see

Such impossible sights

In this ancient place by dappled rays beguiled

Listen close to hear the secrets of the wild

Empires rise and fall

The primal force of nature

Endures beyond them all

Through all trial and strife

I will carry this moment

Until the end of my life