Fire in the Sky (Kristoph Klover)

Prometheus, they say, brought God's fire down to man
 And we've caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began
 Now we're going back to heaven, just to look him in the eye
 And there's a thunder 'cross the land, and a fire in the sky
 Gagarin was the first, back in 1961
 When, like Icarus, undaunted, he climbed to reach the sun
 And he knew he might not make it, for it's never hard to die
 But he lifted off the pad, and rode a fire in the sky
 Yet a higher goal was calling and we vowed to reach it soon
 And we gave ourselves a decade to put fire on the moon
 And Apollo told the world, we can do it if we try
 And there was one small step, and a fire in the sky
 I dreamed last night, of a little boy's first spaceflight
 Burned into me, watching a black and white TV
 There was a fire in the sky
 I'll remember until I die
 A fire in the sky
 A fire in the sky
 Then two decades from Gagarin, twenty years to the day
 Came a shuttle named Columbia, to open up the way
 And they said she's just a truck, but she's a truck that's aiming high
 See her big jets burning, see her fire in the sky
 Yet the Gods do not give lightly of the powers they have made
 And with Challenger and seven, once again the price is paid
 Though a nation watched her falling
 Yet a world could only cry
 As they passed from us to glory, riding fire in the sky
 Now the rest is up to us, and there's a future to be won
 We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done
 For no cradle lasts forever, every bird must learn to fly
 And we're going to the stars, see our fire in the sky
 Yes, we're going to the stars
 See our fire in the sky
 I'll remember until I die
 A fire in the sky
 A fire in the sky