So Fragile, So Blue

Lyrics

[Part 1: Lifting Off] How many times did I hear Space the final frontier Like a punchline or jeer Used to pull me apart Now at 90 years old Could I be that bold A dream packaged and sold Life to imitate art The press devoured the story Of my potential glory To make some sort of history But how did I feel Potential explosions filled me With dread Dozens of ways I could wind Up dead Danced in my head The fear was real Strapped into the craft in my seat Just like Star Fleet My heart skipped a beat And in thе blink of an eye It all happenеd so fast A thunderous blast Shot up as clouds passed Punched a hole in the sky Through the earth's atmosphere Feeling the fear Receding once we were clear And continued to climb Every sense was awake No move did we make Till fifty miles up - the break The Kármán line So fragile, so blue What can we do? What can we do? So fragile, so blue What can we do? What can we do? [Part 2: Space] Once beyond gravity We unlocked the key And set ourselves free Floating around the inside While some tumbled and danced In that weightless trance I had to take my chance To the window to witness the ride I needed to see What was out there for me In the endless sea To meet my fate I could never anticipate What I saw filled me with awe But also something cold, pitiless And raw An instinct to withdraw A hot coal to be dropped Relentless blackness was all I Could see Like a depthless eternity A malevolent mystery That could never be stopped Endless darkness No twinkling stars No magical lights That call from afar No breathable air Nothing to care No message to send No beginnings or ends No life could sustain No dreams could remain Nearly drove me insane And I felt a deep pain What I saw stopped me cold Collapsed all my breath All I could see was death Yes, all I could see was death And a death with no sight Smell, or sound That's what I found That's what I found [Part 3: The Blue Dot] Then from the corner of my eye Looking back I could spy Something that made me cry Under a yellow, blue dome Sagan called it a pale blue dot But until then I'd forgot On my moonshot Earth is our home Space has no people, passion or love An endless question that hangs From above We know almost nothing of Where only death waits We live on the edge of a pin Our air is cellophane thin But it's where life begins It's what's at stake So fragile, so blue What can we do? What can we do? So fragile, so blue What can we do? What can we do? [Part 4: Touching Down] When I finally touched down Finding my feet on solid ground A feeling so profound That I'd never had No triumph or joy Not like a little boy Who had finally played with a toy I felt deeply, deeply sad A sadness so real and so deep That I might never sleep But I just have to keep And let people know Boldly go Boldly go Boldly go Boldly go means to love To take responsibility of What's below and above And never live to regret I hope I never recover From what I discovered Like a long-lost lover I had left to neglect Mountains, trees, birds, beasts Life-giving water, magnificent feasts North, south, west, east All human reactions from terror to fun All that breathes, swims, flies or runs Literally everything under the sun Every ant that crawls Every ocean squall Snails, lions, sand The tiniest creatures we don't understand Redwoods touching the sky A cat's glassy eyes The plains waving grass The miracle of glass A beautiful child Gray wolves running wild Every smell fine or foul Every howl, song, or growl The fire, wind and rain Purest pleasure, piercing pain The heat of our skin All original sin Bound up together Built to last forever Connected as one But coming undone It's all ours to lose A fate that we choose So fragile, so blue What can we do? So fragile, so blue What can we do? What can we do? What can we do?