Phoenix - Julia Ecklar

In a tower of flame in Capsule 12, I was there
I know not where they lay my bones
It could be anywhere
but when fire and smoke had faded
the darkness left my side
and I found my soul in a spaceships hull
riding home on a trail of lies

and my wings are made of tungsten
my flesh, of glass and steel
I am the joy of Terra for the power that I wield
once upon a lifetime I died a pioneer
now I sing within a spaceship's heart,
does anybody hear?

before each morning's launch,
they know that I am there.
to the soul that warms this vessel's heart,
they say a silent prayer.
I'm fathership and spirit,
of the dream for which they stride.
for I am man at the hands of man
see us rocket for the sky

and my wings are made of tungsten
my flesh, of glass and steel
I am the joy of Terra for the power that I wield
once upon a lifetime I died a pioneer
now I sing within a spaceship's heart,
does anybody hear?

My thunder rends the morning sky, 
Yes! I am here.
The loss of flame when I was man,
now I ride her without fear
now I am more than Man now, 
and Man built me with pride.
I lead it away and I lead the way,
of Man's future in the sky.

and my wings are made of tungsten
my flesh, of glass and steel
I am the joy of Terra for the power that I wield
once upon a lifetime I died a pioneer
now I sing within a spaceship's heart,
does anybody hear?

--

Fire in the Sky -- Jordin Kare

Prometheus, they say, brought God's fire down to man.
And we've caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began.
Now we're going back to heaven just to look him in the eye,
and there's a thunder 'cross the land, and a fire in the sky.

Gagarin was the first, back in nineteen sixty-one,
When like Icarus, undaunted, he climbed to reach the sun.
And he knew he might not make it, for it's never hard to die.
But he lifted off the pad and rode a fire in the sky.

Yet a higher goal was calling, and we vowed we'd reach it soon.
And we gave ourselves a decade to put fire on the moon.
And Apollo told the world, we can do it if we try:
And there was one small step, and a fire in the sky.

Bridge:
I dreamed last night of a little boy's first spaceflight,
Turned into me, watching a black and white TV.
There was a fire in the sky, I'll remember until I die.
A fire in the sky...a fire in the sky!

Then two decades from Gagarin, twenty years to the day.
Came a shuttle named Columbia, to open up the way.
And they said she's just a truck, but she's a truck that's aiming high.
See her big jets burning, see her fire in the sky.

Yet the Gods do not give lightly of the powers they have made.
And with Challenger and seven, once again the price is paid.
Though a nation watched her falling, yet a world could only cry.
As they passed from us to glory, riding fire in the sky.

Now, the rest is up to us, and there's a future to be won.
We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done.
For no cradle lasts forever, every bird must learn to fly ---
And we're going to the stars, see our fire in the sky.

Yes, we're going to the stars, see our fire in the sky!
There's a fire in the sky, I'll remember until I die.
A fire in the sky, a fire in the sky!