Silent Key - Frank Turner

作词：Frank Turner

作曲：Frank Turner

On the ２８th of January １９８６

Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror as the O-rings failed

And she died and she died and she died

For the next agonising two minutes

And forty five seconds

She called out the truth on a broken radio

I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive

It came as some surprise to realise

That as she lost everything

The world was revealing a transmission

So real that she understood everything

You're still alive you're still alive

Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away

A home made HAM radio

In the loft of a Hampshire family home

Came alive came alive came alive

And so the poor old amateur operator

Thus became the only person to hear

Christa's last desperate communique

We''re alive we're alive we're alive

It came as some surprise to realise

What he didn't catch everything

The world was revealing a transmission

So real that he understood everything

You're still alive

And Christa said

The darkness up above

Led me on like unrequited love

While all the things I need

Were down here in the deep blue sea

The darkness up above

Led me on like unrequited love

While all the things I need

Were down here in the deep blue sea

The darkness up above

Led me on like unrequited love

While all the things I need

Were down here in the deep blue sea

All those years all they are

The truth on my radio

So now I keep a global silence for my silent key

My silent key

My silent key

My silent key