Cosmonaut (Begin Transmission) Lyrics

I imagine that I'm a cosmonaut

Like Yuri Gagarin or Alexei Leonov

With very little to do except wait for the launch

That's when you start worrying

Because you've been so busy getting ready to go

That you never had time to think about it

It finally hits you… they're gonna ask me to get on that thing!

I don't wanna go

Cause it's scary up there

But I don't have a choice

And that's when you have the thoughts about

Do I have my things in order?

Have I said what I wanted to say to everybody I love?

And you have the nightmares

You're on your way

It might not be where you wanna go

But that's where you're headed

It can be somewhere just filled with love and joy

And then suddenly one little thing happens and

BANG!!! 9Gs! Zero gravity! Off you go!

Just hurtling through space with just, like, TINFOIL!

NOTHING between me and just void

And all of a sudden

The blue is down below

Leaving the planet I had the sensation

That I was really leaving home

For the first time

At that moment, in that big window

It was only black and ominous

And THAT was death

And THIS was life

And everything else just

Stood still for a moment

But I know

I know that if I can just be brave

And hang on

That I can get through it

And I can land the thing

And I can come back down to Earth

I can see the Earth again

Cause I want to