as the daylight is breaking the chosen ones so quietly gather no one's faith is shaking their vision lies beyond strangely mantled in silence a grand parade of lives completed faith alone gives them guidance to find their journey home send the last ship home send the faithful home with the first golden blazes they leave for their eternal voyage and the lines in their faces reflect the fiery skies as the last ship is leaving i see my father gently waving clutching all i believe in i whisper my farewell send the last ship home send the faithful home