Song Lyrics

On the 28th of January, 1986, Christa McAuliffe
Gazed in horror as the O-rings failed
And she died, and she died, and she died

For the next agonizing two minutes and forty-five long seconds
She called out the truth on her broken radio
"I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive"

It came as some surprise to realize that
As she lost everything
The world was revealed in a transmission so real
That she understood everything
We're still alive

Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away
A home-made HAM radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home
Came alive, came alive, came alive

The four year old amateur operator thus became
The only person to hear Christa's last desperate communique
"We're alive, we're alive, we're alive"

It came as some surprise to realize
While he didn't catch everything
The world was revealed in a transmission so real
That he understood everything
We're still alive

We're still alive

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

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

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

At four years old, I heard the truth on my radio
So now I keep a moment's silence for my Silent Key

Frank Turner

The duration of Silent Key is 3:57 minutes and seconds.