[Ethos]

This is Major Ethos to ground control

Do you copy? Shuttle's kind of choppy

[Control]

10-4 hear you loud and clear

Tilt her up about twenty-two degrees

Til you're level with the sphere

Grab the wheel 'cause you're gonna have to steer

Hit the lever on the thrust, trust me, you'll be fine

You can just let me know when you're ready

And we'll walk you through the steps

Of the protocol from one to nine:

First thing to do is to reboot the GNC

The rings threw the reader out of whack

Shuttle thinks you're leaking methane gas

[Ethos]

Neptunian energy got a hold of me like

Control, are you there, do you read?

Can't we just bypass the fault loop and give the reboot a pass?

[Control]

Way to think on your feet Major

That's why you're the one in the seat

Just don't forget to plug it back in when the ice melts

Alright on to step two:

We gotta get some more H20 in case we fall behind in the plan

But you can't use the ice from Neptune cause of the ammonia

Not sure why the shuttle didn't warn ya that you were runnin' low

Not sure if you can go -

[Ethos]

Wait, I got an idea!

I can find a way to draw in some of the hydrogen from the atmosphere MacGyver up the other O2 mask so I can burn it in the tank

Let it cool down, wait a day or two

And I'll have enough to get myself the rest of the way through

[Control]

That's a good idea Major see what you can do

Cause really soon we gotta hit step three

And that'll see you navigatin' through an asteroid field

Without a working pressurizer unless the ice on the ship melts

Good luck, go calibrate the stabilizer

[Ethos]

Had Jupiter on my side and I realized I was re-energized

And this was emphasized by how good I felt

But now I'm passin' thru Mars

And I gotta deal with the damage on the honeycomb bars

The body flap hinge is now a metal fringe and I'm seein' red

It's makin' me cringe thinkin' of fixin' that fuckin' wing

I'd rather be sinking in a trance

The energy of Mars will have you ready for a war

But not a chance I'm givin' in I'm gonna get past step six

Just a little a wind storm kickin' up the dust

And it's too thick to burn itself away from the heat of the thrust

Here I go, made it past Earth and I'm on to number seven

And I feel like I'm heaven

But the temperatures are too hot for the seal on the glass

[Control]

Better depressurize before you pass out on your ass...

[Ethos]

Then I can run down and grab the caulk

Before I start to the feel gas

Workin' through the heat of Venus

Until we pass through and hit Mercury

When I hear the alarm goin' off

It's a double fail got a cryo-leak!

[Control]

Solar winds throwin' off your path of trajectory

[Ethos]

That's okay, there's duplicity in what I see

Cannot wait to rise to the sun after I head back home

And tell everyone about my space odyssey

On to number nine:

That's the part where I tell my story through a sine

And they're probably gonna build a shrine

Cause I redefine, and I redesign

And I don't need a co-sign I rise with the sun