Claffactory or Trobriand #4: Red Star

Claffactory or Trobriand #4: Red Star

(The Ballad of Vladamir Komarov)

Walking up to the rocket,

The wind is so cold on your face

But your suit is filled with sweat

 And on the other side of the fence

Your best friend is yelling at you

Till two men come and send him home

There's nothing he can do

Because you: you're already dead

The boosters shake the capsule

Your teeth rattle in your helmet

But the rocket doesn't explode

So you stop praying

And you fall into orbit

But then the power cuts out

you begin to spin out of control

And you know: you're already dead

They put the Premier on the radio

And he calls you a hero

They put your wife on

But all she can do is cry

As you try to steer to earth

You curse the engineers that killed you

The parachutes never open

And when they pull you out of the crater

You were already dead.