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 agonizing two minutes and 45 long 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 realize
That as she lost everything
The world was revealed in a transmission
So real that she understood everything
You're still alive
You're still alive

4,000 nautical miles as the crow flies away
A homemade ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home
Came alive, came alive, came alive
The four-year-old amateur operator thus became
The only person to hear Christa's last desperate communiqué
"We're alive, we're alive, we're alive."

It came as some surprise to realize
While he didn't catch everything
The world was revealed in a transmission
So real that he understood everything
We're still alive
We're still alive
"The darkness up above
Led me on like unrequited love
While all of the things I need
Were down here in the deep blue sea
The darkness up above
Led me on like unrequited love
While all of the things I need
Were down here in the deep blue sea
The darkness up above
Led me on like unrequited love
While all of the things I need
Were down here in the deep blue sea

At four years old I heard the truth on my radio
So, now I keep a moment's silence for my silent key