Lessa's Ride

Black, blacker, blackest
 And cold beyond all frozen things
 Where is between when there is naught
 To life but fragile dragon wings?
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided
 A fleck of red in a cold night sky
 A drop of blood to guide them by
 Turn away, turn away, turn, be gone
 A Red Star leads the riders on
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided
 How shall they last the long journey
 Lured on but by this woven star?
 How can they find that which they seek
 And make their way home from afar?
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided
 What can they say to bring forward
 The weyrfolk from another time?
 Is hope merely illusion
 That clings to life in desperate minds?
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided
 Yet promise lives by those of heart
 Salvation lies within the song
 Revealed by Lessa, Weyrwoman
 There will be five weyrs strong!
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided
 Cold as death, death-bearing
 Stay and die, unguided
 Brave and braving, linger
 This way was twice decided