I see radiance (And all) insignificance Limitations of mankind And all I leave behind Above all I knew And then the happy few They all look the same from here Slipping from this tiny sphere All is burning dust Rolling in this endless dusk But I now understand Free from the ‘progress’ of man. Now I have seen the end Panic, flame and fear and dread Silence come to cover me The Sun a witness to my leave Above an Ocean Under the foot of mankind Take this tin coffin (You were) never an Island