Magnetic boots kiss cold deck plates
Compass needle spins then settles
He counts each step past hangar doors
Oxygen gauge reads twelve percent
Battered needle points to morning
Footfalls sound out steady warning
Four thousand miles on frozen steel
Courier delivers what is real
Airlock hiss seals another night
Cryo residue on glove seams
Star charts folded edges white
He moves through corridors like dreams
Battered needle points to morning
Footfalls sound out steady warning
Four thousand miles on frozen steel
Courier delivers what is real
Supply crate stamped with colony code
Protein bars and medicine vials
No transmission no radio mode
Just footsteps counting off the miles
Battered needle points to morning
Footfalls sound out steady warning
Four thousand miles on frozen steel
Courier delivers what is real
No sunrise here just reactor glow
No seasons only cargo flow
But compass finds the true north line
Every step is his design
Magnetic boots kiss cold deck plates
Compass needle spins then settles
Final count past hangar doors
Oxygen gauge reads full percent
Battered needle points to morning
Footfalls sound out steady warning
Four thousand miles on frozen steel
Courier delivers what is real
Battered needle spinning healing
Needle settles morning comes
Boots kiss deck the ride done
