CHORUS sung by full cast and choir] I want, I need to be…. I want, I need to be…. How can I explain, let you see I wish I had words to to soar A song straight from songs of lore Touch the sky Fly to the sun Touch the sky No room for a singular I For without the sky we are empty Empty Fly to the sun Touch the sky [SMITH - male bass] Science is truth and infinite the one sure thing Within this world I know of I can sing, can sing No figment of imagination nor pastor’s disinformation Science is the truth [COOK -male tenor] Mathematical joys and delights With delirious novel insights But of science I know that I aspire I trust in my mentor for I am too young to desire [CHORUS] Touch the sky Fly to the sun Touch the sky [SOAMES - male bass] I reach for the sky to unravel a puzzle divine It’s almost in my reach but I lack sufficient time I reach for the divine [BANKS - male baritone] I need to be be at the top, top dog, top dog, top This ambition within me won’t let me stop, I need to be at the top [DIANE - female soprano] It hurts my lungs, I cannot inhale I cannot scent the intoxicating drive Not just an extra in the scene I want, I need to be seen [BRIDGE sung by full cast and choir] We try (we try) And fail (and fail) But when that spell we break We cannot help but to weep Tears wet or hidden and inside That one fragile moment where we are beside A flash of the unknown, a flash of light So light that it burns us bright. [CHORUS] Touch the sky Fly to the sun Touch the sky [MEAD - female alto] I, too, want to touch the sky Set wings forth and fly But cultural anthropology Scientists dismiss from their psychology Yet I propose that people are more fascinating Than electrons round a nucleus constantly congregating [CHORUS] Touch the Sky Fly to the Sun Touch the Sky [OUTRO] Touch the Sky (touch the sky, touch the sky) [CHORUS] Touch the Sky Fly to the Sun Touch the Sky [OUTRO] Touch the Sky (touch the sky, touch the sky)
