[Verse 1]
Sigma Octantis
She had read the name last night
Just a name in someone’s notes
A star that anchored someone in the dark
But standing here
It was not just a star
It was looking at her
The way only things that have been waiting
Look at the thing they were waiting for
[Pre-Chorus]
And then
Pandora
Not a name
A feeling
Like remembering a room you grew up in
Before you remembered the house
Then Elara
Then the sword
Then the ring
Then everything
[Chorus]
When stars align
Not slowly
All at once
Like a door that was never locked
You just forgot where it was
When stars align
She’s standing in the south
Looking at the crew
And seeing
Everything
[Verse 2]
She turned around
And there was Persy
And she said: I know you
And there was Rion
And she said: I know you
And Cygnus
And Herc
And Cassie
And Castor
And Aldric
And one she didn’t know yet
Holding a notebook
Still writing
Lara looked up
Hi
I am Lara
I am the youngest Seraphim
I joined somewhere in the middle
I have notes
SOLARA said: I see that
There are a lot of notes
SOLARA said: I see that too
[Pre-Chorus 2]
She looked at all of them
Not the way she had been looking
This week
In bars and old streets
With polite confusion
She looked at them the way you look
At people you have always known
In every version of this story
I see you
she said
I see who you are
[Chorus]
When stars align
Not slowly
All at once
Like a door that was never locked
You just forgot where it was
When stars align
She knows their names
She knows their souls
She knows why this crew
Was always going to be exactly this crew
[Bridge]
Persy said: THE CAPTAIN IS BACK
Rion was already celebrating
Cygnus danced
Herc put both hands in the air
Cassie said: finally
Castor said: I knew it
Aldric noted the exact time
He said: it took four days, six hours, and approximately twenty minutes
He said: I will add it to the maps
Lara wrote it down
Can I reintroduce myself
Persy said
For the record
I am Persy
I am excellent
Also for the record Rion said
I am Rion
I am better
SOLARA said: you are both terrible
They cheered
[Final Chorus]
When stars align
She is standing with the people
Who were always going to be here
And she remembers every single one of them
When stars align
Octa waiting
The old world healed
Pandora and Elara quiet inside her
Finally resting
She is SOLARA
She has always been SOLARA
She just needed the south star
To remind her
[Outro]
The celebration was loud
For exactly the right amount of time
Then she said:
We need to go
They looked at her
Back to negative forty-five
Nobody said no
Aldric already had the maps out
Lara closed her notebook
Persy and Rion stopped celebrating
Not because they were afraid
Because the captain was back
And the captain said it was time