Challenger

(album: The Kite String Tangle Presents: In A Desperate Moment - 2018)

Something isn't right I swear
Please help me come back home
A load too much to bear
Is there someone there?
Because I've never felt more alone
Something doesn't seem quite right
It's a disaster in motion
From the greatest height
See it burning bright
This fire rains over the ocean

Racing hearts and stoic faces
Even with the nation's graces
Wave goodbye, give a subtle nod
Free fall touch the face of God
Push through and I see sunrise
Hung in the air like northern lights
Mother's hushes and camera flashes
Mistook the stars for hiding places

Something isn't right I swear
Please help me come back home
A load too much to bear
Is there someone there?
Because I've never felt more alone
Something doesn't seem quite right
It's a disaster in motion
From the greatest height
See it burning bright
This fire rains over the ocean

Heard the call of the deep Atlantic
Falling embers like pyrotechnics
Precious metal on a coral bed
Fell short of the stars they said
Jets fly missing their formation
Firm handshakes, commisserations
Sweaty palms and seven tight cheques
Tossed around and laid to rest

Something isn't right I swear
Please help me come back home
A load too much to bear
Is there someone there?
Because I've never felt more alone
Something doesn't seem quite right
It's a disaster in motion
From the greatest hight
See it burning bright
This fire rains over the ocean