A Song for the Cicadas of Brood X (To You, In Seventeen Years)
We have been bounded in our nutshells
Now we are kings of infinite space
I am here
Hey!
I am here
My dear friends, our ageless sleep has ended
And now begins the time to scream
Oh, I am here
Hey!
I am here
Scream to rouse your brothers and your sisters
Scream for joy to be awake
I am here
Hey!
I am here
Hey!
You can try all that you like
You will never take us all
You will never take us all
Send your birds, send your dogs
Send your fungi, send your cars
You will never take us all
In full throat, we all scream together
We are everywhere and nowhere at once
But I am here
Hey!
I am here
On uncertain wings, we rise to the air
To throw our clumsy bodies on the gears of nature
I am here
Hey!
I have been here
But the bug who screams twice as loud
Screams half as long
And we have screamed so very loud
And so to you, my daughters and my sons
This world, in seventeen years
What sights you will see!
What scents you will take in!
On that distant air
On that distant air
Let them try all that they can
They will never take you all
They will never take you all
Let your screams rattle windows
Let your wingbeats shake their walls
They will never take you all
They will never take you all
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you all
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you all
Now we are kings of infinite space
I am here
Hey!
I am here
My dear friends, our ageless sleep has ended
And now begins the time to scream
Oh, I am here
Hey!
I am here
Scream to rouse your brothers and your sisters
Scream for joy to be awake
I am here
Hey!
I am here
Hey!
You can try all that you like
You will never take us all
You will never take us all
Send your birds, send your dogs
Send your fungi, send your cars
You will never take us all
In full throat, we all scream together
We are everywhere and nowhere at once
But I am here
Hey!
I am here
On uncertain wings, we rise to the air
To throw our clumsy bodies on the gears of nature
I am here
Hey!
I have been here
But the bug who screams twice as loud
Screams half as long
And we have screamed so very loud
And so to you, my daughters and my sons
This world, in seventeen years
What sights you will see!
What scents you will take in!
On that distant air
On that distant air
Let them try all that they can
They will never take you all
They will never take you all
Let your screams rattle windows
Let your wingbeats shake their walls
They will never take you all
They will never take you all
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you all
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you
2038, 2055, 2072
They will never take you all
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Writer(s): Lucas Carscadden
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