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A Greater Call Lyrics
We leave
Upward, toward new dreams
A new hope, an odyssey
Underneath
The world left behind is dying
As we escape gravity
Closing my eyes
And I embrace darkness
The stars will not guide us
But their light will show us the way
We are not conquerors
We float with the tide
No room for fear
A greater call
A sacrifice for the benefit of all
With the sun at our backs
We heed and we bleed
This is the first step
To reach the infinite
What lies ahead is unknown
It’s a quest for survival
Past all known frontiers
Upward, toward new dreams
A new hope, an odyssey
Underneath
The world left behind is dying
As we escape gravity
And I embrace darkness
The stars will not guide us
But their light will show us the way
We float with the tide
A greater call
A sacrifice for the benefit of all
With the sun at our backs
We heed and we bleed
To reach the infinite
What lies ahead is unknown
It’s a quest for survival
Past all known frontiers
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Submitted by
rmahs On Oct 19, 2017
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This song is clearly about leaving this planet behind to find a new home.
"We leave, Upward", they are flying, going up, away from our atmosphere. Then they make a reference to Star Wars and 2001 in "A new hope, an odissey".
Further, they explain why do we need to leave:
Underneath The world left behind is dying As we escape gravity
Our world is dying, I suppose because of climate changes and man made destruction, so they need to find a new place to live. Julie Christmas' vocals (We are not conquerors, we float with the tide) make it clear that this travel is not motivated by the desire to explore and conquer worlds for us, but to find a new place currently unknown (so we float throughout the space with the tide).
The notion of fleeing Earth to ensure the survival of mankind is explained further with the last verses ("it's a quest for survival past all known frontiers"). They leave "with the sun at our backs", saying goodbye to this galaxy and "embrace darkness" so we "reach the infinite".
They don't know if they'll succeed, but they must do it anyway, hence "there's no room for fear". Such a mission, leaving our galaxy to find a new home, is probably regarded as suicidal, one last resort to save our species, as evidenced in "A greater call / A sacrifice for the benefit of all".
I’m agreeing on the meaning with rmahs. It’s not a tough one to figure out I suppose.
To me this song painted an image and would play perfectly over the credits if the book Canticle For Lebowitz is ever made into a movie.
Leaving Earth to avoid its cycle of destruction, taking with it the sum of all knowledge while the church choir sings their passage into the dark night.