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T minus eight, I'm gonna slip the bonds of this place
Ride on a rocket into space
T minus five, will they all cheer me as I rise
or will they scream as I touch the face of God

This is what it's like to be an explorer
Never knowing when the dragon will rise up from the sea
Oh the life, immortal
If the world's flat, we're gonna fall off, boys
But we're going anyway

I kissed uncharted lips so hard
But does she feel the same about this journey of the heart
Entangled in her joys
And fears I'm like the other boys
She hesitates
Will she climb aboard?

This is what it's like...

I presume that we are living stoned
Glassy eyed as the world passes us by
If you take my hand it would be a small step for a man
And a giant leap for my humanity

In a few short hours, I will pierce the veil
Drift into that undiscovered country
It's the greatest adventure I know
But would you hold me please as I go

This is what it's like to be an explorer...
...if the world's flat we're gonna fall off, boys
Yeah, the world's flat and we're gonna fall off, boys
But we're going anyway

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from Becoming One (extended online edition), released September 20, 2013

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Brian McCormick Rochester, New York

Based in Rochester, NY, Brian's music lies somewhere in between modern singer-songwriter and folk.

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