Silent Key

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On the 28th of January 1986 
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Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror as the O-rings failed 
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And she died, and she died, and she died 
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For the next agonising two minutes and forty five long seconds 
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She called out the truth on a broken radio 
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I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive 



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It came as some surprise to realise that as she lost everything 
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The world was revealing a transmission so real that she understood everything 
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You're still alive  

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You're still alive 



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Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away 
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A home made ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home 
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Came alive, came alive, came alive 
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And so the 4 year old amateur operator thus became the only person to hear 
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Christa's last desperate communique 
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We're alive, we're alive, we're alive 



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It came as some surprise to realise what he didn't catch everything 
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The world was revealing a transmission so real that he understood everything 
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You're still alive 



(E soft) 
And Christa said 
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The darkness up above 
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Led me on like unrequited love 
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While all the things I need 
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Were down here in the deep blue sea 



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The darkness up above 
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Led me on like unrequited love 
              Am 
While all the things I need 
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Were down here in the deep blue sea 



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The darkness up above 
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Led me on like unrequited love 
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While all the things I need 
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Were down here in the deep blue sea 



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At 4 years old  
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I heard the truth on my radio 
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So now I keep a moments silence for my silent key 
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My silent key 
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My silent key 
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My silent key 

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