Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage

By The Clockwork Dolls

High above the weary world

I wait and watch and think of you.

I never thought that life would find me

Laughing with the pale moon.

The patchwork of the land below me

Endless ribbons in the night.

I'll ne'er again be who I was:

A child before my soul took flight.

I stop to think of all I've lost;

The list begins and ends with you.

Don't be afraid of who I am,

This strength is what I've come into.

Fly with me,

Forget the past.

We can build the future

In steel and brass.

Those below

We leave behind.

You really thought I'd be content

A housewife in a gilded cage?

The sea, the sky, it's all the same;

Adventure being what I crave.

I'll never stop, I won't come down!

My passion's here in whirring gears.

This triumph of my female soul

I will not spoil with useless tears.

The deck vibrates beneath my shoes:

The rhythm of my beating heart.

I will not mourn what might have been,

Our story's done before it starts.

Fly with me,

Forget the past.

We can build the future

In steel and brass.

Those below

We leave behind,

Conquering the clouds

As gears unwind.