I'm so far away

She's so far away

Why did I run away from her?

There was a better way

Why did she choose to stay?

I still had things to say to her

Stars and night and glimpse of Hell

Trapped inside a starship shell

Across the starry sea

At nine tenths of cee

My only family and home

How was I to see

She needed more than me

When she was all I'd ever known?

Stars and night and glimpse of Hell

Trapped inside a starship shell

Came the day the crew

Brought a world to view

A world Man never knew before

Hеr importance grew

She had a job to do

Shе didn't need me anymore

A year passed quickly and our ship made plans to go

Though some would choose to stay behind

We fought and I chose space while she chose sky and stone

And we would never change our minds

It's been a year for me

To her, a half century

Too many years between us now

Through my tears I see

That was where I should be

I only wish that I knew how

Stars and night and glimpse of Hell

Trapped inside a starship shell

Stars and night and glimpse of Hell

Trapped inside a starship shell