[Verse 1]
Three days passed
The council did not sleep
(the council does not sleep)
(but they were working)
(the fragment lay open on the table)
(they made adjustments)
[Spoken]
[Asala:] It is done
[Basala:] We have fixed it
[Carala:] And made some adjustments
[Darlala:] Small ones
[Ebala:] Necessary ones
[Farala:] You will go home now
[Cassie:] How
[Asala:] Polaris
[Asala:] We use the pull of Polaris
[Asala:] It will bring you to Level twenty-four
[Asala:] Your correct time
[Pre-Chorus]
Polaris
The north star
The fixed point
The one that does not move
They would use its pull
To pull them home
[Chorus]
Siralop
Polaris backwards
The star reversed to send us back
We go home
We go to where we belong
The pull of the north star
Carries us
Siralop
[Verse 2]
But first
The goodbyes
[Spoken]
[Cassie:] We should say goodbye to Yeshaw
(they found him at the table)
(he had not left the table)
(there were many bowls)
[Chaos:] Thank you for the reign
[Yeshaw:] It is only three days in
[Chaos:] That is more than most manage
[Yeshaw:] The soup helps
[Crotus:] There is more where that came from
(Crotus had been cooking for three days straight)
(there was a very large batch of soup)
(he had not been asked to do this)
(he had simply done it)
[Crotus:] For the road
[Yeshaw:] This is… a lot of soup
[Crotus:] It is the right amount
[Crotus:] The pepper makes it better
(young Yeshaw looked at the batch)
(it would last him a very long time)
(he did not fully understand yet)
(but something in him held onto it)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Then the Mothman arrived
Out of nowhere
(the way the Mothman always arrives)
(he did not explain)
(he never explains)
[Spoken]
[The Mothman said nothing]
[He opened his wings]
[He had brought peppers]
(A LOT of peppers)
(more peppers than a star should need)
(more peppers than any soup could hold)
(he had brought A LOT)
[Yeshaw:] …
[Yeshaw:] For the soup
[The Mothman:] (he nodded)
(he had understood the assignment)
[Chorus 2]
Siralop
Polaris backwards
The star reversed to send us back
The soup for the road
The peppers for the soup
The kindness of strange creatures
Who show up without explaining
Siralop
[Bridge]
They said goodbye to Yeshaw
He was the one now
He would be the one for a very long time
(he did not know yet what he would carry)
(he did not know yet what the soup was for)
(young Yeshaw looked at them)
(he looked at the crew)
(he looked at the soup)
(he looked at the peppers)
(something rose in him)
(his constellation)
(he would not show it)
[Spoken]
[Yeshaw:] Travel well
[Yeshaw:] Come back
[Yeshaw:] If you can
(he did not say what he felt)
(his constellation would not let him)
(the feelings were there)
(he held them)
(he would hold them a long time)
They said goodbye to the council
The council said nothing back
(the council does not say goodbye)
(the council simply stops being in the room)
(and then is in the next room)
(and then is somewhere else)
(this is how the council travels)
[Pre-Chorus 3]
They used the fragment
The fixed fragment
The adjusted fragment
Polaris pulled
The pull was strong
The pull was home
[Final Chorus - key lift]
Polaris
The pull of the north star
Carries us home
Level twenty-four
Our correct time
We are back
We are where we belong
Polaris
[Outro]
Level twenty-four
They arrived
The air was wrong
(it was quiet)
(it was too quiet)
(the crew looked up)
Polaris
The fixed point
The star that does not move
Polaris was not glowing
(Persy said nothing)
(Rion said nothing)
(Cassie said nothing)
(they all looked up)
(at where the light should be)
(and was not)
Siralop
Polaris backwards
The star that held on
Held on
Held on
— and was not glowing