[Verse 1] A picture from May, from fifty-six miles away A commercial eye caught a dragon at play Page fifty-three, and the secret slipped free A shuttle with wings where no shuttle should be [Chorus] It's three-dimensional chess in the orbits up high Our detection satellites watch from the sky Our own space plane's already up there in the black And the board keeps on moving, there's no turning back [Verse 2] It threw out a satellite, then pulled it back in A hundred meters close, then it danced it again June to September, release and recapture A practiced move, and the silence grows blacker [Chorus] It's three-dimensional chess in the orbits up high Our detection satellites watch from the sky Our own space plane's already up there in the black And the board keeps on moving, there's no turning back [Bridge] The scramjet burns bright for a minute, then fades A promise unproven in the hypersonic haze They don't lead the race, but they're active and near And it leaves you a little bit afraid, and rightfully so [Final Chorus] It's three-dimensional chess in the orbits up high Our detection satellites watch from the sky Our own space plane's already up there in the black And the board keeps on moving, there's no turning back [Outro] A little bit afraid, and rightfully so.
