Lie Alone (Space Man)

Heart and mind are in a race
Through light-years of open space
Drift to a place where others dream
His helmet starts to fill withs team

He prays to make it home
He prays that he'll be shown
The plans he made and talked about
Through the fear and rage
He prays to see old age
"Tell God I swear that I can change."

All that gloating
Endless floating

Space man resting in the sky
Screaming, begging, he wonders why
Life long goal to learn to fly
Dreams that caused space man to die

He sees a boy of eight or nine
To the stars he prays to climb
Climb the ranks of Huston-kind
To see the place that blows his mind

This child wants to see
This child wants to be
Above the clouds, above the stars
With all his hopes and dreams
The child looks to what gleams
"And now that dreaming child is me."

All this beauty
Not new to me

Space man resting in the sky
The place that always caught his eye
"Though my wife and kids will cry,"
"I found my perfect way to die."