Ashes of Kobol

Intro

Mm... driftin' slow

Mm-hmm... through the glow

Verse 1

Marvel Super Special #8 in 1978 on the newsstand

Saga of a Star World printed large as life in my hand

Twenty-three issues monthly from '79 to '81

McKenzie writin' Simonson drawin' till the story was done

It went cold for a decade then Maximum lit the flame in '95

Liefeld and Hatch brought the fleet back alive

Pre-Chorus

War of Eden in December four books strong

Realm tried Search for Sanctuary and then it was gone

Since 2006 Dynamite holds the charter

Classic and reimagined on the same altar

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

Verse 2

Commander Adama laid out from #6 to #12 in a cosmic haze

Dreamin' Kobol scriptures through those memory maze days

His boy Apollo took the chair when the canon shifted

Commander Apollo led us through the Maximum rifts

Starbuck the space cowboy with the cigar still smokin'

Sold himself to Eurayle the pirate and left unspoken

Athena on comms Boomer in the trench

Jolly the quiet one found the romance and the missing bench

Coordinates for Earth in issues 22 and 23

The planned ending they never gave us on TV

Pre-Chorus

Baltar grinnin' with Lucifer beside

Count Iblis with the devil in his eyes

Sheba with a blaster Cain on the bridge

Ridin' back through the Seraph light

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

Verse 3

War of Eden Baltar's fleet attacks

Sheba shoots Apollo in the back

Seraphs bring the Pegasus and Cain across

Adama finally dies in that cosmic loss

Then Abnett came with Death of Apollo ten years out

The fleet thought the war was over no more shout

But a voice from the past a twist of fate

Dragged Galactica back through the outer gate

Cylon Apocalypse Ghost Squadron stealth black

Starbuck solo books Origins goin' way back

Galactica versus Galactica the ultimate high

'78 meets 2004 in one timeline sky

Bridge

(bass and drums only talk-sing)

Yeah... Marvel couldn't use nothin' after Lost Planet of the Gods

So they made their own Kobol in the shadows

Realm did Season 2 Season 3 three issues and static

Dynamite gave both continuities old chrome and skin-job on the same hash pipe

Final Chorus

Pass me the charts to Earth man I can't read the stars

Lost on the flip side of Kobol with two Vipers and three bars

Adama's dreamin' Apollo's dyin' Starbuck's always leavin'

But the comics keep the fleet alive every time we stop believin'

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