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5. Next Launch Window

The runway glows in borrowed light Old fears packed for one last flight Years of doubt in silent queues Waiting on a signal, something new All the clocks align tonight Every maybe turns to might I feel the future in my skin The moment where we all step in This is the next launch window Hearts aligned and engines slow Every dream we didn’t say Finds a voice and lifts away This is the next launch window No return to what we know We don’t jump, we don’t pretend We begin where hopes begin Guidance speaks in coded tone Thinking faster than our bones Steel and circuits learn to trust Human hands and silicon dust Gravity is counting down Old rules fall without a sound What we were is staying here What we’ll be is getting near This is the next launch window Hearts aligned and engines slow Every dream we didn’t say Finds a voice and lifts away This is the next launch window No return to what we know We don’t jump, we don’t pretend We begin where hopes begin Moonlight waits beyond the flame Mars is calling out our name Not to conquer, not to flee Just to see who we could be [Chorus] This is the next launch window Faith in more than what we know We don’t leave to disappear We go forward, not from fear This is the next launch window Past and future overflow What we start will never end We become what we intend No escape, no running through Just the courage to pursue