Hope Eyrie

Hearing this song while watching a bald eagle soar over one of the buildings that put men on the moon is an experience that I don't think I can adequately describe.

to anyone who is depressed about being born too soon to explore the stars, remember if you try then your descendants will be standing on the shoulders of giants.

I am truly glad that we still have filk.

Filk music tells a story I didn't know I needed to read. It's off how we find such random adventures in the corners of YouTube.

This song never fails to bring a tear to my eye. It's just exquisite.

Happy 54th anniversary, Earth. A salute to the team that won. Hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes to a silver moon in the open skies, and a single flag unfurled.

This sort of reminds me of the “Go Tell It On The Mountain” song. Glory to the heroes!

I was double-checking the spelling of the word "eyrie" and ran into this link, which confused me. To be clear, the song was written by Leslie Fish. This is being sung by Julia Ecklar.

May 30, 2020. It is T-00:39:20 for SpaceX launch of American return to launching on our home soil. Had to listen to this as we edge to launch. God speed Dragon, God speed from a n old NASA brat whose dad worked until his death for the org at Vandenburg from the Apolo days through Shuttle.

55 years ago today, the eagle landed

Worlds grow old and suns grow cold And death we never can doubt. Time's cold wind, wailing down the past, Reminds us that all flesh is grass And history's lamps blow out. But the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. Time won't drive us down to dust again. Cycles turn while the far stars burn, And people and planets age. Life's crown passes to younger lands, Time brushes dust of hope from his hands And turns another page. But the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. Time won't drive us down to dust again. But we who feel the weight of the wheel When winter falls over our world Can hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes To a silver moon in the opened skies And a single flag unfurled. But the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. Time won't drive us down to dust again. We know well what Life can tell: If you would not perish, then grow. And today our fragile flesh and steel Have laid our hands on a vaster wheel With all of the stars to know That the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. Time won't drive us down to dust again. From all who tried out of history's tide, Salute for the team that won. And the old Earth smiles at her children's reach, The wave that carried us up the beach To reach for the shining sun. For the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. Time won't drive us down to dust again.

New lyrics today: For the dragon has docked; tell your children when.

When I first heard this song as a kid, I mistook Julia Ecklar (well, her voice anyway) for (that of) a man.

I’m reading the Nantucket Trilogy by S.M. Sterling, this song harmonizes with everything in those books impossibly well. ❤🥹🌛🌞