What if we let go?

 

Show notes:

Several folks have asked me to post lyrics to the songs so I will try to be better about that from now on:

LET GO
He closes the panel after fixing the life-support system
The space suit makes most people clumsy, but he is the best
His breath in and out keeps a peaceful and comforting rhythm
Till he faces away and his heart skips a beat in his chest

The stars are innumerably peppering the deafening silence
The vast empty spaces are crushing the scope of his mind
The beauty is terribly grasping and holding his focus
He can’t turn away to go back to the safety he’d find

Ooh, what if he let go?
Ooh, what if he let go?

He thinks back on all of the pride in the eyes of his neighbors
He thinks back on all of the late nights for all of the grades
He feels all the mountains of pressure, and the compassion craters
He remembers the night that he left her, but he should have stayed

“And never forget to ensure that you’ve fastened your harness
And never let anyone down who is counting on you
And you are the hope of the future of human existence”
He knows all these guidelines by heart, but man what a view

Ooh, what if he let go?
Ooh, what if he let go?

He lets every finger release from the handle beside him
And slowly drifts farther and farther away from his ship
The terror he feels is matched only by the exultant freedom
Till the tether snaps tight and the line holds him fast in its grip

And his anger explodes at the structures that refuse to release him
And his anger explodes at the grip that they have on his life
Then his eyes find the place of the tether’s release mechanism
And the terror and freedom again cut his heart like a knife

Ooh, what if he let go?
Ooh, what if he let go?

As the focus of all of his life’s work becomes just a pinpoint
As the rule that the entangled people exerted is done
He turns and observes all the universe for his enjoyment
And marvels at all of the treasure that he has just won

And his suit begins beeping that his oxygen is at a low point
And his radio angrily crackles with petulant noise
And his eyes find the button that releases the seal of his suit’s joint
And he finally let’s the world hear his genuine voice

Ooh, what if we let go?
Ooh, what if we let go?