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One Small Step Lyrics
"It is the 20th century. I am a little boy peacefully asleep. My father comes to wake me
so that I can witness an historic event in the finite story of mankind."
[Edward Reekers, Lana Lane]
On an early summer morning, July '69
As I dream of the planets
I hear a voice softly whisper: 'son, it is time
It's happening soon'
It's a quarter to four now and he carries me down
To our place by the telly
I see lights on in houses all over town
For the man on the Moon
One small step for man
But a giant leap for mankind
The mighty Apollo prevailed
The Eagle has landed
I go back to my warm bed, back to my dreams
But not the one of the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on the Moon
As I lie here in this cold tank, living a dream
I'm the last on the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on Mars
so that I can witness an historic event in the finite story of mankind."
As I dream of the planets
I hear a voice softly whisper: 'son, it is time
It's happening soon'
To our place by the telly
I see lights on in houses all over town
For the man on the Moon
But a giant leap for mankind
The mighty Apollo prevailed
The Eagle has landed
But not the one of the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on the Moon
I'm the last on the planets
I decided this morning I don't want to be
The man on Mars
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So beautiful.
This is from the Dream Sequencer and this part of the story explores Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon from the perspective of a young child watching the event on TV. The instrumentation during the choruses is flat out brilliant.