Silver And Gold

They wore the suits and sat in the spaceship

And they kept their mouths dry and shut

Breaking the atmosphere never felt the way they thought it should

But it still felt good enough

Late in your dreams the Soviets teased you

with red all around white and blue

And you were unwell from the dregs of your failures

So you turned your eyes to the moon

And you made the people proud

You made the people proud

Apollo, I’d like to have known your true path

The men that you carried were convincing enough

And the truth can lie heavy on the tip of your tongue

It’s hard to admit to these things we have done

It’s hard to admit to these things

Silver and Gold all the world waited for you

And they turned their ears to the sound

One giant step for man kind you moved forward

And you made the people proud

And I am persuaded when reading the paper

That this is war, this is war

And I am confused how can tying my shoes

be such a terrible thing

You made the people proud

You made the people proud

You made it look easy to put them at ease

You told them the things they already believed

Despite all the demons that pulled on your sleeve

You made the people proud

You made the people proud