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Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go
Are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort
The countdown starts
Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax, up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink", jokes Major Tom
The count goes on
Four, three, two, one
Earth below us
Drifting, falling, floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Second stage is cut
We're now in orbit
Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect requested data
"What will it affect, when all is done?"
Thinks Major Tom
Back at ground control
There is a problem
"Go to rockets full"
Not responding
"Hello Major Tom, are you receiving?
Turn the thrusters on
We're standing by"
There's no reply
Four, three, two, one
Earth below us
Drifting, falling, floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Across the stratosphere, a final message
"Give my wife my love"
Then nothing more
Far beneath the ship, the world is mourning
They don't realize, he's alive
No one understands, but Major Tom sees
Now the light commands
This is my home, I'm coming home"
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling home
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling home
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
All systems are go
Are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort
The countdown starts
Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax, up in the capsule
"Send me up a drink", jokes Major Tom
The count goes on
Four, three, two, one
Earth below us
Drifting, falling, floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Second stage is cut
We're now in orbit
Stabilizers up, running perfect
Starting to collect requested data
"What will it affect, when all is done?"
Thinks Major Tom
Back at ground control
There is a problem
"Go to rockets full"
Not responding
"Hello Major Tom, are you receiving?
Turn the thrusters on
We're standing by"
There's no reply
Four, three, two, one
Earth below us
Drifting, falling, floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Across the stratosphere, a final message
"Give my wife my love"
Then nothing more
Far beneath the ship, the world is mourning
They don't realize, he's alive
No one understands, but Major Tom sees
Now the light commands
This is my home, I'm coming home"
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling home
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling home
Earth below us
Drifting, falling
Floating weightless
Calling, calling home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Lyrics submitted by missieveeskull
Major Tom Lyrics as written by Pierre Schilling
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
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After my 12th repeat I decided to look the lyrics up. I must say I was blown away.
Major Tom seems to be trying to find his place in life, and he is willing to abandon his way of life to do so. He wasn't completely honest with those around him, but he was selfish, he wanted to find his purpose. The setting of space symbolizes how lonely this mission is, finding his place.
I think this is relates to everyone. The younger generation is still searching for their purpose, figuring out what they want to do with their life. Older generations may have realized they made a mistake when determining this, they may want to change it. They might also just question it, wonder what else they could have done.
A few translations from the original german song didn't translate into the song. Liem's input on the translation: "Hello Major Tom. Are you receiving? Turn the thrusters on. We're standing by." the german version goes "Hello Major Tom, can you hear us? Do you really want to destroy this project?" which strongly implies that he decided to throw the mission.The ending is also slightly different, with Major Tom musing that a "light is leading me through space, I'm coming soon ... I'm starting to feel cold".
I must say I'm fascinated by your in-depth interpretation of this song, though I'm not sure exactly where you got some of your theories. All the same, it puts an interesting spin on the lyrics and gives them much more meaning than they have at face value.<br /> <br /> BTW, this is coming from someone who only heard/understood the "earth below us, drifting falling" part before coming across the entire song. I seriously thought it was another metaphorical song about sex.
I first heard this song on the new Lincoln MKZ (or whatever it was) commercial, and I just had to look it up. I love it, and I love the way it's sung. Awesome song.
I agree with LP Reanimator. I could tell on the commercial that it was The Shiny Toy Guns playing.
dude, this cover is fucking amazing. i haven't been able to stop listening to it.
amazing song...love the way her voice sounds
I absolutely love this song. I heard it on the commerical thursday night and have been searching for it since
I too heard this song in the Lincoln commercial. It seems that the lyrics are doubled here though, at least from the version I've heard. Awesome song though
this song reminds of the movie 2001:space odessey i love that book i love that movie I LOVE THIS SONG the shiny toy guns are great
It's funny you say that because Major Tom is said to be a fictional character created by David Bowie when he wrote "space oddity" after watching 2001: Space Odyssey... It was originally supposed to be a parody, but look up how many people who have taken off with the idea... search Major Tom in lyrics... It's amazing!
HAha thats amazing when I listened to the lyrics all I thoguh was 2001: A space odyssey and then I scrolled down and saw this, very cool. Great movie. Never read the book. great song though.
Fantastic song giving us a very sad story. The original was done in German by Peter Schilling in 1982.
sooo, is this about the words disinigration?
This song from the Linclon commercial really caught my attention because the voice sounds so Annifreid (sp) Lingstaad from Abba. If you heard any of her albums both English and Dutch, this song is a dead ringer for her style and her voice. so when I read originnaly it was written in German, made sense to me. Please tell me when this song was written. Sounds so 80's strange I had never heard this song before now.