Ashes of Kobol

Verse 1

Printed in '78 magazine size

Marvel Super Special number eight

Saga of a Star World fresh off the press

Twenty-three issues of cosmic escape

McKenzie writing Simonson drawing lines

Monthly run from 79 to 81

Ran it till the story was complete

Till the last page had spun

It went cold then Maximum lit the flame

July of 95 Liefeld and Hatch

War of Eden trade paper four books strong

Realm tried in 98 but couldn't match

Pre-Chorus

Since 2006 Dynamite holds the charter

Classic and reimagined on the same altar

Keepin' that fire burning through the years

I'm still chasing down those frakkin' frontiers

Chorus

Ohhhhh driftin' through the red eye of a Cylon

Adama dreamin' in the Memory Machine

Starbuck lost on Scavenger World with the pirate queen

Jolly found the map to Earth in his hazy dream

Light it up Viper rollin' slow

Twelve colonies gone in a purple glow

So say we all in slow-mo

Verse 2

Commander laid out six to twelve

Dreamin' bout Kobol scriptures in a cosmic daze

His boy Apollo took the chair in later years

Leadin' us toward Earth through Maximum's haze

Starbuck the space cowboy cigar still lit

Sold himself to Eurayle to save the fleet

Left behind on Scavenger World alone

Athena on comms Boomer in the trench

Jolly the quiet one finally found the end

Issue twenty-two and twenty-three the coordinates

The planned ending they never showed on TV

Pre-Chorus

Baltar grinnin' with Lucifer at his side

Count Iblis with the devil eyes so wide

Sheba with a blaster Cain on the Pegasus

Ridin' back through Seraph light to us

Chorus

Ohhhhh driftin' through the red eye of a Cylon

Adama dreamin' in the Memory Machine

Starbuck lost on Scavenger World with the pirate queen

Jolly found the map to Earth in his hazy dream

Light it up Viper rollin' slow

Twelve colonies gone in a purple glow

So say we all in slow-mo

Verse 3

War of Eden Baltar's fleet attacks

Sheba shoots Apollo square in the back

Seraphs bring the Pegasus and Cain across

Adama finally dies in that cosmic wrack

Abnett came with Death of Apollo

Ten years out they thought the war was through

But a voice from the past a twist of fate

Drags Galactica back into the blue

Cylon Apocalypse Ghost Squadron stealth black

Starbuck solo books Origins goin' way back

And the ultimate highdea the final crack

Galactica meets Galactica in one timeline stack

Bridge

Yeah Marvel couldn't touch Lost Planet so they made their own Kobol

Realm did Season 2 and 3 three issues and static

Dynamite gave us both continuities

Old-school chrome and skin-job on the same hash pipe

Chorus

Ohhhhh driftin' through the red eye of a Cylon

Adama dreamin' in the Memory Machine

Starbuck lost on Scavenger World with the pirate queen

Jolly found the map to Earth in his hazy dream

Light it up Viper rollin' slow

Twelve colonies gone in a purple glow

Light it up let the Tylium burn low

So say we all in slow-mo