Deep inside the Eagle
Clouds are standing tall
Mountains made of stardust
Floating through it all

Shadows hide the newborns
Glowing deep inside
Stars are slowly forming
Where the cosmic secrets hide

Tell me, tell me, what is growing there?
Fire in the darkness, hidden everywhere
Light from ancient ages traveling through the night
Showing us a mystery millions of years from sight

Pillars of Creation!
What you hiding in the glow?
Stars are being born there
But there's so much we don't know

Pillars of Creation!
Standing silent in the sky
Dust and light together
Building worlds before our eyes

Hey!
Into the light!
Hey!
Out of the night!

Born in the darkness
Burning so bright
Pillars of Creation
What's hidden inside?

Hydrogen is shining
Gravity pulls strong
Tiny stars are growing
While the ages move along

Radiation strikes them
Carving every wall
Beautiful destruction
Changing everything at all

Tell me, tell me, how long will they stay?
Cosmic winds are slowly wearing them away
Maybe what we're seeing isn't there tonight
Because their ancient image took so long to reach our sight

Pillars of Creation!
What you hiding in the glow?
Stars are being born there
But there's so much we don't know

Pillars of Creation!
Standing silent in the sky
Dust and light together
Building worlds before our eyes

Stars!
Dust!
Moving through the night!

Gas!
Heat!
Everything ignites!

Rise!
Fall!
Gravity decides!

New suns
New worlds
Waiting deep inside!

Are we seeing history?
Or something long gone?
Did those giant pillars
Survive until the dawn?

Light keeps crossing space
Carrying the past
Every distant photograph
Is a message traveling fast

Pillars of Creation!
Mystery among the stars
Building future systems
In the darkness from afar

Pillars of Creation!
Ancient giants in the night
Even if they disappear
We will still receive their light

Look up
Beyond the sky

Creation never ends

It only changes
With time