Hawkwind - First Landing On Medusa Lyrics
Full Waking took us days to realiseAdjusting to the newness of our eyesWe stayed inside, performing simple tasksHardly speaking, faces set like masksUntil the time came round for us to setThe first feet on this world, to getour samples, and erect the instrumentsA barren planet, but to all intentsAnother Eden opening its gatesFor this chosen few who'd outslept their fatesAnonymous, identical in our suitsWe entered the airlock. My weighted bootswould be the first to touch this unknown stoneI led some distance, then, I felt aloneSo I turned and saw, that the others werestanding still, I radio'd to make them stirbut got no answer. So I waved my armBut they still stood as though a stoning charmhad taken hold. I made my slow way backAnd found each man had frozen in his trackI hammered my gloved fist on visor-plateAnd pulled at pressure-padded arms. A stateof utter trance had overtaken all my menMy mouth felt dry, my fingers stiff, and then....._____________________________________________________________________
