The Launch

All of his life he has dreamt of this moment Through all the blood and the work and the sweat Focused or blinkered just so single-minded Nothing could stop him when his course was set To conquer each fear and to push every boundary Never accepting the limits they set What doesn't kill you can make you feel stronger What makes you stronger gets you through each test Oh, God speed to you He looks to heaven and feels it surround him Unknown unknowable foreverness What lies at the end of this historic journey No one can know you just take your best guess Each thing he faces just seems so uncertain He is strapped in for the ride of his life Life in the hands of a hundred computers 12 million horsepower rocket to ride Oh, God speed to you To conquer each fear and to push every boundary Never accepting the limits they set What doesn't kill you can make you feel stronger What makes you stronger gets you through each test Oh, God speed to you