The disconnection begins
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The air and the energy run out
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There's nobody left at the controls
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The ship floats adrift
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And I, with melancholic vision
I review science and religion
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I point at the sun through the window
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Gets lost in a million sparks
It's my planet one light-day away
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And a lesson in perspective
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And I, scared to death in a corner
Think about my civilization
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I whisper on the command bridge
And then I break down crying
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And thousands of little drops violate gravity
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I take the flag off my space suit
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I've got less and less time left
That will return me to the firmament
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And I listen to the echo of my voice
Recording this transmission
So that it sounds in the future
And then I break down crying
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And thousands of little drops violate gravity
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I take the flag off my space suit
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The fragile miraculous and random existence
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The tiniest life is worth a thousand times more
That could ever be invented