So Near Yet So Far (Jim Lovell's Lament)

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about: Apollo 13, the third lunar mission, was launched on 11th April 1970. Two days later, an electrical fault caused a rupture in the oxygen tanks, and the mission was aborted. Apollo 13 was commanded by Jim Lovell.

This song, released to mark 40 years since the mission, takes Jim Lovell's view as he and his fellow crew members struggle to make the craft safe, and to return home to Earth.

Jim had promised his wife, Marilyn, that this would be his last space mission. He held true to his word, and Jim Lovell never felt the moon dust beneath his boots.
lyrics: A bang, a shimmy, shakes our tiny space
We've had a problem, Houston, that no-one's had to face
Look out of the porthole at the Moon's unblinking eye
A billion hearts are praying
We feel every word they're saying
We will refuse,
Yes we will refuse
We will refuse
We will refuse this chance to die

So near yet so far
So near yet so far
So near yet so far
Back to Earth we are descending
Touch not the moon my dreams are ending
So near yet so far

My fears condensing on the instruments
The dials and switches, sing a sad lament
Our minds together, our brains are sharpened knives
Pencil paper slide rule flashing
Numbers multiply dividing
We calculate
We calculate
We calculate
We calculate to save our lives

So near yet so far
So near yet so far
So near yet so far
Back to Earth we are descending
Touch not the moon my dreams are ending
So near yet so far

A slingshot ride back towards our roots
I'm not to feel the dust beneath my boots
We're a falling star, set in the sky above
There'll be no lunar landing
My family, I'm returning
We're coming home,
Yes we're coming home,
I'm coming home
I'm coming home to you my love

So near yet so far
So near yet so far
So near yet so far
Back to Earth we are descending
Touch not the moon my dreams are ending
So near yet so far

So near yet so far
So near yet so far
So near yet so far
Back to Earth we are descending
Touch not the moon my dreams are ending
So near yet so far
credits: released 09 April 2010
Words and Music - Noel Chidwick
vocals, acoustic guitar, synths - Noel Chidwick
electric guitar, backing vocals - Mark Toner
tags: tags: acoustic folk folk-rock space space music traditional folk apollo 13 apollo recordings jim lovell modern folk prog folk Edinburgh
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