How he gathered all his might, Kept control in starry night, Bore the weight of weightless space— Let it touch the human race! He did it all for you and me, He did it all so we could see, Above our shoulders, rushing fast... He soared into the cosmic vast. Leaving the spinning globe behind, Its earthly spring, its troubled mind, The "Cold War" shadows far below, The freezing winds and desert glow, The boiling rivers running deep, Beneath the ice, while giants sleep. Ascended! A man in space! This is no flight from the human race! Ascended! The sky revealed! He came back down to a waiting field. He looked at the Earth and saw it through: There is so much work to do! The face of Earth is aching still... The bitter ash, the broken will. The sons of Earth consumed by fire, Upon the dark atomic pyre. So many wounded on the ground... Without a sound... He soared into the cosmic vast. Leaving the spinning globe behind, Its earthly spring, its troubled mind, The "Cold War" shadows far below, The freezing winds and desert glow, The boiling rivers running deep, Beneath the ice, while giants sleep. Ascended! A man in space! This is no flight from the human race! Ascended! The sky revealed! He came back down to a waiting field. He looked at the Earth and saw it through: There is so much work to do! We draw the line! We turn it around! Rich with power, bold and grand, A human left the earthly land! He broke the veil, he understood, He came back home to bring the good! He soared into the cosmic vast. Leaving the spinning globe behind, Its earthly spring, its troubled mind, The "Cold War" shadows far below, The freezing winds and desert glow, The boiling rivers running deep, Beneath the ice, while giants sleep. Ascended! A man in space! This is no flight from the human race! Ascended! The sky revealed! He came back down to a waiting field. He looked at the Earth and saw it through: There is so much work to do! Ascended! A man in space! This is no flight from the human race! He looked at the stars, he understood: There are no barriers for the good! No barriers! No bounds! For human will... There are no bounds. Ascended. [End]
