Someday I’d like to put my feet on the moon
Toes in the lunar sand, I hope that day arrives soon
A mission taken, a goal in life achieved
The mere attempt is far good enough for me
Preparations are currently complete
As I await my solar fleet, to go in orbit
Launch time is now, the countdown has begun
I’ve buckled tight and there farther goes the sun
The clouds grow brighter, passing through their air
Arriving at a new level of atmosphere
Wave goodbye, regardless that they can’t see my eyes
Blackened skies, the void called space all outside
Sensors are chirping, heat levels arise
This can’t be right, this isn’t right
Oxygen levels slip, windows start to fog
This can’t be right, this isn’t right, this is fucked - in orbit
Herald the escape pod, technological savior at work
The engine shuts down, movement and time is stilled
Our planet grows in vision, but I have failed
This mission went to waste, for my life I had to bail
Radioing in, speaking with the charge
The captain swift at hand and always on guard
His penetrating words, scathe me to the bone
Sound ceases in my fright, what do I still not know?
In orbit
I now know what he knows, this pod was not meant to escape
Arriving in the stratosphere, this pod and I incinerate