When I gaze into the sky at night I see a race at the speed of light Balls of fire Reflections of the past A lasting glimpse of a big time blast Has it been forever? How do we fit in? There's a world beyond our own Investigated yet unknown History light years away Still showing today Wistful dreamer True believer We just can't see The great unsolved mystery Was it evolution or was it heaven sent? We need more knowledge to apprehend The world around us before we let it go And we're closing doors to its final show Was it meant to crumble in the hands of man? Or are we just too dumb to understand? There's a world beyond our own Investigated yet unknown Will they teach us who we are? Can we get that far? Wistful dreamer True believer We just can't see The great unsolved mystery We've got everything to lose And nothing left to gain Are we becoming champions of pain? There's still embers in the dark And sparkles in our eyes If we really had to choose We'd ditch our reservations and rise ♪ There's a world beyond our own Investigated yet unknown History light years away Still showing today Wistful dreamer True believer We just can't see The great unsolved mystery