Smoke clouds have thickened 
to black out the stars 
the night sky is lit now 
by headlights of cars 
and the moon holds no purpose 
but pulling the tides anymore 
Blow out the candles 
blow out the candles 
throw on the light switch 
and bask in the fluorescent glow 
we're guided by satellites 
we don't need stars anymore 
can't see stars anymore 
With a nine on the bortle 
we've blown out the stars 
smashed all the lanterns 
to burn down the barns 
and with less than one hundredth 
in sight to guide us home after dark 
we're lost 
The streetlights have killed them 
the street lights have killed them 
we've laid to rest gods in a tomb 
born of city lights 
and out in the flatlands 
we thought that we'd found them 
but still the horizon 
did glow like a brush fire 
With a nine on the bortle 
we've blown out the stars 
smashed all the lanterns 
to burn down the barns 
and the moon holds no purpose 
save pulling the tides on a planet 
encrusted in fluorescent lights 
Smoke clouds have thickened 
to black out the stars 
the night sky is lit now 
by headlights of cars 
and the moon holds no purpose 
but pulling the tides anymore 
300 miles we'd sail off the coast 
to be reunited with the skies of our hosts 
and at night soon the rivers 
reflect nothing more than the moon 
300 miles 300 miles 
out into the ocean 
we'd sail to remember them 
300 miles out into the ocean we'd sail