Straczynski's Lullaby (a B5 filk)

or, Follow Me, original lyrics written to fit
the instrumental "Celestial Soda Pop," the first track
on Ray Lynch's CD Deep Breakfast.
Despite the somewhat doofy title, this infectious piece
of music starts out bouncily naive, descends into faint
tragedy, and closes with foolhardy determination.

Follow me and we shall see what the universe holds.
Square the speed of light, and wager we'll never grow old.
Beyond the sands of Mars,
Saturn's rings, out to the stars --
Past the black ice of comets flung,
and comets gone --
escape the sun.

Follow me and wonders see of an alien race.
Stars like gems will scatter aft as we scramble through space.
Through the icy onyx night,
past all mem'ries of delight,
through the mists of stars that died --
and stars unborn--
where beauty hides.

Follow me and jump the gates leaving Babylon 5,
where the ghosts of old wars walk -- only wounded survive.
Dance on proud Centauri Prime;
hear Minbari's ancient rhymes;
walk the soil where once the Narn
would hunt alone
their forest home.

Follow me, the mystery will unfold as we go.
Phase change coming on and only the catalyst knows
who the cryptic Vorlon are,
who's beyond the farther stars,
who's kept faith and who's betrayed --
and who will die --
in shifting tides.

Follow me, at last we'll turn to the galaxy's core.
Lance the heart of light and then we shall wander no more.
Ascend attraction's walls,
past all fear of endless falls,
through the rainbow veils
that mark galactic bounds,
where devils sail.

Follow me and we shall see what the universe holds.
Square the speed of light and wager we'll never grow old.
Beyond the sands of Mars,
Saturn's rings, out to the stars --
past the black ice of comets flung,
and comets gone;
escape the sun.