terra firma

i am christopher columbus, on the bounding main, searching for a new world, and i don't know when i'm back again, if i can find my way back home again, i am scanning the horizon, but there's nothing there to see, wondering where to turn to, and the quest seems more like a fantasy, with every passing moment it seems to be, and that's the thing that frightens me, whenever i feel afraid, i put my faith in terra firma, and i'm never far away, because you're my terra firma, i am on apollo seven, heading into space, where no man has ever ventured, and at times i feel so out of place, then the moon looks like your shining face, i see terra far below me, green and white and blue, i know you are down there somewhere, but i feel so far away from you, hoping that you're thinking of me too, even though i know you always do, whenever i feel alone, i come home to terra firma, a place i can call my own, because you're my terra firma, whenever i feel afraid, i put my faith in terra firma, and i'm never far away, because you're my terra firma, i am off to great adventures, leaving you behind, far beyond the border, and i have no clue what i will find, but the thought of home never leaves my mind, though the minutes stretch to hours, and the hours stretch to days, through the trials and tribulations, when it seems like i'm so far away, and it's just too high a price to pay, there is one thing i can always say, whenever i feel afraid, i put my faith in terra firma, and i'm never far away, because you're my terra firma, whenever i feel alone, i come home to terra firma, a place i can call my own, because you're my terra firma, whenever i feel afraid, i put my faith in terra firma, and i'm never far away, because you're my terra firma, whenever i feel alone, i come home to terra firma, the place i can call my own because, because you're my terra firma