With an eye pressed to the spyglass
(Counting constellations)
On the shores of distant oceans
Charting undiscovered lands

The collectors and observers
Curators and explorers
Reflectors of light

Dare to be wise
Think for yourself
(To see much further)
Go build a steam driven machine
Or a rocket to the moon
Dig the earth for ancient rocks
(Look back in time)
Tell the story from the start
The story of us

How did this all come to pass?
Merchants of light

Such wonders here with our fantastic things
The curiosity of man
Finding form and shape and truth

Back from an age of reason
Reaching out across the land
From the centuries of light
To leaden skies and distant thunder

Meet me at the mead hall in winter
(Set the world to right)
With songs, science, and stories
(Pull back the fading light)
Artists and dreamers and thinkers
(Right here by your side)
Finding truth in those traveler's tales
(On this brief flight life)

Bring one of your engines and designs
Your medicines and poetry

Meet me at the mead hall in winter
(Set the world to light)
With songs, science, and stories
(Pull back the fading light)
Artists and dreamers and thinkers
(Right here by your side)

Reaching for the far skies
And the undiscovered depths
Following the dream of the West

Here, in science and art
And beauty and music
And friendship and love
You will find us
The best of what we are
The poets and painters
And writers and dreamers


Meet me at the mead hall in winter
(Set the world to light)
With songs, and science, and stories
(Pull back the fading light)
Artists and dreamers and thinkers
(Right here by your side)

Reaching for the far skies
And the undiscovered depths
Following the dream of the West