Iridium Flare Songtext

von Yahwe Mutabo

The radar sweeps the prairie
And chatters with the satellites in idle murmurs
The operator dozes off
And swirling cross a field in the din of insect song a cloud of birds
Twilight is forever
We're just passing through
Throw us from the center
But hold us close to you

Iridium flare, I saw it
Just above Venus and heading for the moon
But the moon went behind Saturn and then I knew
I knew

When I see a shadow fall on the stars
And when I see the wires glint in the dark
Is it blasphemy if I choose to believe
And I forget to laugh at this joke on me

It's quiet on the prairie
Hight above, a satellite surveys it's topography
Strange I should take notice in the lines
A nameless rise in all that endless anonymity
Twilight is forever
We're just passing through
Throw us from the center
But hold us close to you

Iridium flare, I saw it
Just above Venus and heading for the moon
But the moon went behind Saturn and then I knew
I knew

When I see a shadow fall on the stars
And when I see the wires glint in the dark
Is it blasphemy if I choose to believe
And I forget to laugh at this joke on me

When gravity forgets just one little thing
And when the speed of light just stops speeding
If an iridium flare is just a satellite
If the atmosphere doesn't fit quite right

Can the radar see me standing here
On this nameless rise miles from nowhere
Am I a thunder cloud, a flock of birds in the air
Or is everything just smoke and mirrors