1. THE DRAKE EQUATION

Staring out into the stars
Pondering this world of ours
So many questions
Wondered by us all
We sit and contemplate
No answers seem to circulate
Where did we come from
And which way should we go

We journey out into the space
Such quiet dark surrounds this place
Our search for earth-like worlds
May hold the key
I can’t believe that we’re
The only ones existing here
This universe hides
More than we can see

Shatter your uncertainties
Assemble all the quantities
Calculate and break the limits
Of technology

Are we alone, are we the only ones out
Searching for the answers
In this ever-growing, always changing
Space and time
Are we alone, is there another world
Expanding for tomorrow
Look to the equation and you’ll see
The probability

What will we find, what will we see
Will they be friends or enemies
Will they see us equal or a
Disease they don’t need

With time we’ll know
Someday the truth will show
The answer to
Are we alone

Extend the computation
Include all variables that you see
Describe and multiply
What knowledge it can bring

With time we’ll know
The truth will show
Are we alone
Assemble the equation


2. A PLACE I THOUGHT I KNEW

Alone, gazing out into space
Once full of wonder
I feel its vastness
More than ever before
A cold emptiness fills the walls
Of this place I thought I knew
The absence of your soul has thrown
My heart into despair

What happened to this place I knew
I feel my heart has torn in two
What is this place I thought I knew
A faded distant memory

The air is heavy, the living silent
In memory of eyes that never cry
That never lie, assure that
All will be alright
And though the needs of the many
Outweigh the needs of the few
The heart of one is breaking
Just thinking of you

And here I remain
Still crying out his name
I stand alone
At the dawn of a new horizon
Boldly daring to go
Where none have gone before
Your sacrifice
Inspires the will to carry on