Bob Geldof - Thinking Voyager 2 Type Things Lyrics
This is the moment that we come aliveI'm handing out the breath and the kissI'm electric with the snap and the crackle of creationI'm mixing up the mud with the spitSo rise up Brendan Behan and like a drunken LazarusLet's traipse the high bronze of the evening skyLike crack crazed kings.Voyager 2 where are you nowLooking back at home and weepingCold and alone in the dark voidWinding down and bleepingEver dimmer ever thinnerFeebly cheeping in the solar windsI'll turn you upSail on sail on sail onOn past the howling stormsThrough electric orange skiesAnd blinding methane rainSail onI'll turn you upNever bring me down to earth againLet me blaze a trail of glory across the skyLet me traipse across it's golden highLet me marvel in wonder and unfettered gazeAt the bigness and implausibility of beingYes stretch out your hands into infinity you human thingsPast blind moons and ice cream worldsYou hurl your metal ball of dull intelligenceAnd show us all our fragile gripAs we too track with youSlower but no less insistentLike the only fertile seedIn the barren vault of beingSail onHurtling towards the waiting tomb of empty worldsWaiting for the final primary come of lifeI'll turn you upAnd I'm thinking big thingsI'm thinking about mortalityI'm thinking it's a cheap price that we pay for existanceThis is the moment that we come aliveThis is the breath and this is the kissNo we're in ParisIn the ball gownsIn the high heelsIn the snowAnd we're spinning round Versailles in a Volkswagen BeetleThat we'd hired for the day(At the cheap rate)The room without the shower was cold again"Are we already middle-aged", she saidAnd I said "I feel nothingI feel like a jelly-fish","Mabey it's the Portuguese Men-O-Pause", she jokedAnd she laughed her brittle headAnd we went back to bedAnd I've been thinking about these thingsI've been thinking about Voyager 2And this is the moment that we come alive.*Taken from the album "Vegetarians of Love"*Written by Bob Geldof/Pete Briquette
