HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

Never a good time to choose
Just when to come back down to earth
I never adjusted to weightlessness
Suspended like my own pre-birth
Takes more than a leap of faith
To space-walk through this culture
You need to understand the past
before you redefine the future

Open your eyes to the clear blue skies
And you’ll be open to my story
Take a walk in the meadows of
The incredible space beyond
Reach behind the reflection
You’re convinced is so familiar
A trick of the light that seeks to hide the truth
That you have yet to know
And I’m ready and willing to share it
But for now there’s just one problem

Coming round one final time
Before I slow down for re-entry
There’s really no way out of this
Can I find a way to land her gently
No room for manoeuvring
There’s just no margin here to fail
But I could be the first one to make it back
To tell the tale

Try suspend hardened disbelief
Hang around to hear my story
Take a stroll through the vastness of
The shimmering great beyond
See behind the reflection
You’re convinced is so familiar
A trick of the light that seeks to hide the truth
That you are soon to know
'Cause I am ready and willing to share it
But for now there’s just one problem