[Verse 1]
Footsteps echo, red dust on my boots
A billion miles, memories dilute
Steel walls hum, the silence screams
Their laughter's a ghost in my Martian dreams
Time moves slow, but they grow fast
Snapshots fade, the moments don’t last
Planted a flag, but lost my place
Their childhoods drift in this endless space
[bridge]
One more day one more sol
This red rock’s getting old
No more stories to be told
[Prechorus]
Every star’s a wish I can’t send
Every sunrise feels like the end
A life without a father to depend
Ooo God do I miss my children
[Chorus]
I built a new world, but I lost my own
Father of a planet, yet I’m still alone
Their faces blur in the Martian glow
Missing every moment as they grow
I sweat, I bleed, I scream but they’ll never know
I loved them far more than I could show
[Verse 2]
Wrote their names in the Martian sand
The wind erased them, just like my hand
Their voices play through a static storm
Holograms flicker, can’t keep me warm
Orbiting guilt in a crimson haze
Missed the school plays, the birthdays, the gaze
The gravity here pulls at my heart
Every mission ends with us further apart
[bridge]
One more day one more sol
This red rock’s getting old
No more stories to be told
[Prechorus]
Every star’s a wish I can’t send
Every sunrise feels like the end
A life without a father to depend
Ooo God do I miss my children
[Chorus]
I built a new world, but I lost my own
Father of a planet, yet I’m still alone
Their faces blur in the Martian glow
Missing every moment as they grow
I sweat, I bleed, I scream but they’ll never know
I loved them far more than I could ever show
[verse 3]
All that I gave, I did for humanity
But ooo god the space is killing me
Feeling light years away, regret in this day
Mmmm I’m missing you missing me
Cause this rest rust and regret
All the time spent, space time and years
Causing me to forget
Voices fade to whispers, faces washed away
Oh god, I beg, Mission Control
Please don’t make me stay
[bridge]
One more day one more sol
This red rock’s getting old
No more stories to be told
[Prechorus]
Every star’s a wish I can’t send
Every sunrise feels like the end
A life without a father to depend
Ooo God do I miss my children
[Chorus]
I built a new world, but I lost my own
Father of a planet, yet I’m still alone
Their faces blur in the Martian glow
Missing every moment as they grow
I sweat, I bleed, I scream but they’ll never know
I loved them far more than I could ever show
[Outro]
Rockets ignite
Stars shimmer in the night
Children glimmer in light
Fireflies of the sky
Burn up when they die
Oh god please tell me why why why
Mmmmmm
Goodnight goodbye