The runway glows in borrowed light
Old fears packed for one last flight
Years of doubt in silent queues
Waiting on a signal, something new
All the clocks align tonight
Every maybe turns to might
I feel the future in my skin
The moment where we all step in
This is the next launch window
Hearts aligned and engines slow
Every dream we didn't say
Finds a voice and lifts away
This is the next launch window
No return to what we know
We don't jump, we don't pretend
We begin where hopes begin
Guidance speaks in coded tone
Thinking faster than our bones
Steel and circuits learn to trust
Human hands and silicon dust
Gravity is counting down
Old rules fall without a sound
What we were is staying here
What we'll be is getting near
This is the next launch window
Hearts aligned and engines slow
Every dream we didn't say
Finds a voice and lifts away
This is the next launch window
No return to what we know
We don't jump, we don't pretend
We begin where hopes begin
Moonlight waits beyond the flame
Mars is calling out our name
Not to conquer, not to flee
Just to see who we could be
This is the next launch window
Faith in more than what we know
We don't leave to disappear
We go forward, not from fear
This is the next launch window
Past and future overflow
What we start will never end
We become what we intend
No escape, no running through
Just the courage to pursue