It was a dark and foggy sky
Into forbidden seas, they did ply
For Pinyon knew where great treasure lie
To damnation they did sail
Into the depths did Ledo go
To fight the Whalesquid Far below
Through the fearsome beasts his lance did mow
To damnation they did sail
Pinyon's brave crew performed his plan
One he had devised since he became a man
Tons of explosives and many a can
To damnation they did sail
For Pinyon knew. He'd been there before
His brother'd seen knowledge upon the floor
before he'd perished in the nests dark core
To damnation they did sail
For the best of reasons
For the betterment of man
For knowledge and not treasons
Did Flange embark upon this plan
And so he watched and with trepidation waited
Not comprehending quite how much Ledo hated
the fearsome beasts his noise had baited
To damnation they did sail.
With great persistence
for the salvation of man
For honor and not remittance
Did Ledo embark upon this plan
When Ledo found the monsters nest
He slew the larvae and did his best
To end the threat to all the rest
To damnation they did sail
In Chamber (Ledo's mighty mech)
Ledo saw, amongst the whalesquid dreck
information he felt he should inspect.
To damnation they did sail.
But Chamber said "I cannot say"
"To have this secret is the proper way"
But Ledo asked "Whose top ranked today?"
To Damnation they did sail
And so Ledo read
and hung his head
as he drifted there amongst the dead
To damnation they did sail.
To keep man alive forever
There had been two schools of endeavor
and they did not agree (not ever)
One school had sought to survive in space
forging metal and carbon mesh
The other foresaw a slower pace
and they forged their very flesh
Both sides pursued their favored arts
Their arguments they exchanged like darts
and both sides did grow hardened hearts
To damnation they did sail
The ice age came the snow fell more
The two schools began to fight a war
And earth was rendered terribly poor
To damnation they did sail.
The Hideauze were but tweaked men
Ledos forefathers were their kin
They locked in a battle they could not win
To damnation they did sail
Ledos forfathers did build a gate
and some Hideauze became consumed by hate
in wrecking it they did seal Earths fate
To damnation they did sail.
The Hideauze that were filled with rage
and the forfathers Ledo once thought were sage
went through the gate and turned the page
To damnation they did sail
The Hideauze that went into space
had believed they were a master race
The noble ones...they'd stayed in place
To damnation they did sail.
And Ledo wept amongst the gore
in the nursery where he'd brought his war
..and then he spied something along the floor.
To damnation they did sail.
A child without her living shell
Swam up to Ledo and grinned so swell
And Ledo realized he was bound for hell.
To damnation they did sail
As Ledo fought back guilty tears
Chamber did seek to allay his fears
by reducing the naive child to smears
To damnation they did sail.