This Journey Is Heavy And Deep

This Journey Is Heavy And Deep [ Verse 1 ] Seven months in the deep black crawl Watching moonbase craters shrink and fall Home is a pinprick in the viewport glass Waiting for the silent weeks to pass Eight of us in a spaceship shell Five men, three women, we know the voices well Carbon scrubbers hum a mechanical song Wondering if the metal is truly that strong A titanium cup left in the sink A misplaced wrench pushes us to the brink Shared silence of the void keeps us tied Thirty-four million miles from the other side [ Chorus 1 ] The weight of this journey is heavy and deep But promises that a soul has to keep Past the Perseverance rover on the ground We find the wonder we were looking for The isolation was the price we paid To see the world that ancient rivers made [ Verse 2 ] Transition came with a rattling sound Thin Martian air as we turned around Strapped into couches, feeling the strain The hull groans under the friction and pain Gravity returns like a leaden weight Returning to bones at a frantic rate The thrusters cut out, and the shaking stops A heavy thud as the landing gear drops The cabin goes quiet, the engines are dead The deafening silence is all that is said [ Chorus 2 ] The weight of this journey is heavy and deep But promises that a soul has to keep Past the Perseverance rover on the ground We find the wonder we were looking for The isolation was the price we paid To see the world that ancient rivers made [ Bridge ] Commander Hayes, with a shaking hand Cranks the iron latch for the red land The scent of ozone and recycled sweat The last ship ghost that we’ll ever get The ramp lowers, the airlock opens wide Claustrophobia vanishes deep inside An impossible vastness takes its place Jezero’s cold hits every face Stepping to the Octavia Butler site The dark of the journey turns into light [ Final Chorus ] The weight of this journey is heavy and deep But promises that a soul has to keep Past the Perseverance rover on the ground We find the wonder we were looking for I hold a jagged rock shaped by water As the dust of the delta begins to falter The isolation was the price we paid To see the world that ancient rivers made [ Outro ] Frozen mud beneath our heavy boots A new world growing from our roots Seven months don't matter anymore Standing on this silent shore First witnesses to the red and vast The journey is over at last At last