Polaris

**Polaris** is the second song from The Brick Satellite sung by Curt Mega as John Herschel, Mariah Rose Faith Casillas as Rose Stratford, Matt Dahan as Narrator and Natalie Llerena as Margaret Cavendish as well as a spoken part by James Tolbert as Samuel Stratford. It is the second track on the soundtrack album and was written by Matt Dahan.

## Lyrics

**Rose, spoken:**

There

**(sung)**
Auriga

**Herschel:**

Capella, Menkalinan, Mahasim

**(spoken)**
There

**(sung)**
Gemini

**Rose:**

Castor, Pollux, Alhena

**(spoken)**
Don’t go easy on me. There

**(sung)**
Sagitta

**Herschel:**

Alpha, beta, gamma

**Rose:**

Boring

**Herschel:**

Not every star has a name

**Rose:**

That’s why I make it a game

I hereby dub the brightest stars

In the constellation Sagitta

Rose, Samuel, Margaret, and John

**Herschel, spoken:**

So I’m the dimmest?

**Rose, spoken:**

Naturally. What?

**Herschel, spoken:**

If my father were here

What would he think of our exercise

**Rose:**

He has cataloged thousands of stars

**Herschel:**

More than anyone еlse alive

**Rose:**

Would legеndary astronomer

William Herschel approve

**Herschel:**

He’d be decidedly unamused

He’d say that we’re just tracing lines

‘Round things he spent his life to find

Of no real benefit to society

**Rose:**

I disagree

I think the Rose star

Will someday prove significant

**Herschel:**

Followed by dreamers everywhere

**Rose, spoken:**

I would be okay with that

**Herschel:**

Rose

How did you guess

That we were sailing for British Guiana?

**Rose:**

Polaris

**Herschel, spoken:**

Polaris

**Rose:**

See her there

The north star’s descending

Now she sits just above the water

Sailing south since Barbados

With only a day till we reach our bay

**(spoken)**
Well… it’s basic astronomy

**Herschel, spoken:**

Indeed

**(sung)**
Polaris, the one thing

A constant suspended

Guiding every voyage

A beacon in the night

There for generations

A legacy of light

**Rose:**

Polaris, the one thing

A distance untraveled

Filling every daydream

A moment that is gifted

A singular promise, a vow

That the veil will be lifted

**Rose, Herschel:**

And even when it seems

You are out on your own

She protects you

From total unknown

Shining for trillions of miles

Humanity’s chaperone

Always there to help us home

Polaris, the one thing

Is different for us all

So soon to fall

**Rose, spoken:**

It won’t be long before Polaris vanishes behind

The horizon. That’s what I meant by ‘fall’

**Herschel, spoken:**

Me too

**Rose, spoken:**

‘Basic astronomy.’

**Herschel, spoken:**

Yeah

**Rose, spoken:**

Polaris told me our latitude, but our longitude would have been impossible to guess without geographic clues.

**Herschel, spoken:**

I believe our experiment in British Guiana will help

**Narrator, sung:**

A candle burns

There’s salt in the air

Margaret sits by a window

Wrapped in a blanket

Wind in her hair

She opens her hands and they start to glow

**Margaret:**

A whisper in a daydream

A melody that lingers

A sensation I recognize…

**Samuel, spoken:**

You’re getting good at that

**Margaret, spoken:**

It’s been easier to bring about, but I’m still not able to control its strength. Not like…

**Samuel, spoken:**

When you tossed Rose and I across the room like it was nothing?

**Margaret, spoken:**

You deserved it

**Samuel, spoken:**

I know. Listen, Margaret…

**Margaret, spoken:**

Give me time, Samuel

**Samuel, spoken:**

Of course. I’m sorry

**Margaret, spoken:**

I’ll let you know when I’m ready to talk

**Samuel, spoken:**

You’ll know where to find me

## External Links

* Polaris on iTunes
* Polaris on Spotify