[Verse 1] Old hatch shaking in the Low Earth Orbit haze Smell of lubricant and recycled oxygen rays 2099, the calendar curls on the steel Japan islands sliding under the night, unreal Once a "frontier," now just a shift on the clock In this gravity-free box, where the shadows lock [Verse 2] To you, in the terraforming plant on Mars I send a wave, reaching for the distant stars A twenty-minute void, a silence in the deep By the time my "Morning" arrives, you're fast asleep Our love is fractured by the speed of light Physical laws, tearing us out of sight [Pre-Chorus] Patchwork panels, radiation shields of gray Staring at the sun, a million miles away The first generation to trade weight for the void Footnotes of history, in the silence employed! [Chorus] Stop chasing the stars, let’s live in the now Polishing rusted dreams, under this helium brow Orbital velocity, 7.7 clicks a second How many miles to that Red Planet beckoned? Watching the progress bar, the data syncs through But my heart is still falling, pulled back to you [Verse 3] Children born in the lunar domes, silver and white Never knowing the scent of rain, or the day’s true light "Home" is just a blue marble, hanging in the black While the price of the ticket keeps us from going back Earth is a museum, too beautiful to touch A fragile memory that we loved far too much [Bridge] My fingertips reach out, touching the switches of the void Before those three words freeze solid in the vacuum Defy the lag! Curse the speed of light! This solitude is our privilege This pain in my chest, that no data can ever decode— [Final Chorus] Even if tech outruns this solitude we’ve known I won’t forget these twenty minutes, waiting alone Warming my soul with your voice through the static A faint radio ghost, erratic and cinematic Among billions of stars, one connection remains The only proof of life, flowing through my veins! [Coda] Waiting for the wave, in the blue of the lag Twenty minutes of love, under a cosmic flag Over and out... can you hear me through the sky?
