I'm on a one way ticket to Mars
soaring at the speed of light
Seeking, reaching for the stars.
Piercing, through the dark of night.

A one way ticket to what?
Barren lands where no feet thread.
Or maybe we've been there before,
long before the holy bread.

A one way ticket to find,
Hope and love and something pure.
Or maybe we'll be lost and blind,
like so many times before.

The penny dropped
the fountain stopped.
Forever, at the end of May.
The farmer praying for his crop,
praying for the rain to stop.
Forever, at the end of May.
The Angels flight,
not lost to sight.
Forever, at the end of May.
And we might close our eyes tonight.
Forever, at the end of May.

Winding through the alleys
down to the old bazaar.
wander through the Stone Town
in the Port of Zanzibar.
The colours and the people
the spices in their blood.
Aromas floating through the air
through the neighbourhood.
The laughter and the singing,
the sparkle in the eyes.
The joy of life and living,
never in disguise.
Winding through the alleys,
down to the old bazaar.
The joy of life and living,
on the streets of Zanzibar.

Do you remember?

You used hide a smile,
that could blind the moon and stars,
With a mind that carried geniuses
yet clueless to think we'd come this far,

Do you remember?

You used to hide inside a cocoon,
afraid to break through that shell,
You finally bloomed through years of trust and care,
and into my arms you fell,

Do you remember?

Holding on to your fears,
afraid no touch would be warm enough to dry away your tears,
And to think a  man like me would disappear ,
did you ever think for once Id still be here.

Do you remember?