Albert 1-5 - Heather Maloney

They didn’t ask to be a part of the mission

They’ve never fathomed life among the stars

And they were made to live among the brush and the branches

But they couldn’t fight the sleep inside our darts, shooting darts

And they rolled away, their hands wrapped round the bars, metal bars

Words are like the highest fruits in the tree tops

Just too high and just outside their reach

They can’t even say a simple «yes» or a «no»

As we strapped them down into the captain’s seat, captain’s seat

They were bound and shackled down around their feet

They are the captive captains

And none of them will make it out alive

They are the captive captains

Hurled into the mystery at the speed of light

They are the primal pioneers, the unsung heroes

They are Albert 1 through 5

Albert 1 through 5, up in the sky

They didn’t ask to be part of the mission

They’ve never given any thought to life on Mars

But when the fire burned bright as the sun down below them

A smokey river whisked them to the stars, to the stars

And they rolled away inside those metal bars

They are the captive captains

And none of them will make it out alive

Oh, they are the captive captains

Hurled into the mystery at the speed of light

Oh, they are the primal pioneers, the unsung heroes

They are Albert 1 through 5

Albert 1 through 5, oh up in the sky

Ooo the moons of Jupiter, always on the rise

Ooo the blooms of bamboo shoots, reaching for the sky

Who could know the weightlessness of nothing left to fight?

Who is moving upwards through the trees until there’s nothing left to climb?

Albert 1 through 5

Every year feels just a little faster

Another trip around and round the closest sun

And there’s no ground to drag my feet on

Can we go a little slower?

Deep into the mystery I’m flung

We are the captive captains

And none of us will make it out alive

Oh, we are the captive captains

Hurled into the mystery at the speed of light

Oh, we are the primal pioneers, the unsung heroes

We are Albert 1 through 5

Albert 1 through 5

Albert 1 through 5

Albert 1 through 5