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Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
Of course there's brave Tellervo, the Band he never brought astray
Like them, he left a settled life, he threw it all away
To seek a high adventure at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
Three centuries hereafter, taking passage through the sky
To ally with great dragons, will Selavra proudly fly
Watching cities rise before them, then behind them sink again
This hardiest explorer, evermore shall grace the plains
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
There's wondrous Iodessa, with creations new and bold
Artillery and marksmanship she artfully controlled
She climbed the broken ramparts hiding Austalfur's old ways
To change the landscape that she now surveys
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
First Veezara conquered death, before Imix yet had died
Of undead he became master, the laws of life defied
His loyalty is boundless and his fate was overthrown
Because he couldn’t leave his love alone
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
Despite how late she joined the Band, she was gladly received
Bravery has a warrior’s soul, through demons’ hearts she cleaved
She had not expected to find the one that she beloved
O’er her mission there was something else above
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
A half-elf ranger joined the group—stoic, still, and cold
Then three years passed and everyone could see her heart of gold
Without the Artio-Midnight duo, the Band would not survive
Her bow and arrows kept us all alive
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
Renwick, once an outcast, learned his path was hard to find
He thought about a pirate's life, but left the ship behind
The Band became his family and the home for which he longed
Adventuring they took him and beyond
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Veezara, Iodessa and the rest
Who brought friendship and chaos, and did show a path for me
A life beyond what haunts me undersea
Ah, if just one time I could take the Strait of Bearings
And find the Band together, I could join their company
I long for those times, I was younger and more daring
When I'd make the northwest passage through the sea
(The song technically ends here, but I wrote another vers about a party member everyone forgot because of Wish shenanigans.)
Mickey Avalon had proved himself to be a gifted bard
We never really got to know how much his past was scarred
His plans were all contentious, he had his own designs
Yet still we wish our paths were intertwined