We were the first, the golden ones

The cameras flashing, all the fans

Fresh in love on the launching pad

No one told us where it would go at

They said we were the future bright

Two hearts as one in the satellite

But space is cold and the walls are thin

And no one hears when the hits begin

I used to run from men like him

But where do you run when the air grows thin?

Six months to go and the airlock sealed

I learn to take what I cannot feel

So I take my walk outside

Where the stars don't blame and the silence wide

And I stare at the cable, the one thing

The one thing tying me to him

I could cut it, float away

Into the black where the pain would stay

But there is something growing inside

So I walk back in and I swallow my pride

I got pregnant just to make it stop

His hands stay down when my belly popped

Don't call it love, I call it strategy

A tactic play in my misery

My mother said never let them win

She never met a man like him

She never lived inside a can

Where even sleeping takes a plan

I used to run, that was my way

Jumping ships before they sank

But this time I planted my feet

Because even hell cannot me beat

So I take my walk outside

Where the stars don't blame and the silence wide

And I stare at the cable, the one thing

The one thing tying me to him

I could cut it, float away

Two light-years from yesterday

But there is something growing inside

So I walk back in and I swallow my pride

You think I'm crazy, maybe I am

But every prison needs a name

I call this home because it is mine

My hell, my cage, my walls, my pain

I don't need your pity from the ground

Here in space, there is no sound

And if I stay it is because I choose

Not because I have something to lose

So I take my walk outside

Where the stars cannot judge and the earth looks small

And I stare at the cable, and I smile

Because this bird is gonna fly once in a while

I would cut it, float away

But I have got reasons to stay

There is something growing inside

And she will never swallow her pride

First couple in space