Martian

[Verse 1] He touched down slow On a red dust plain Boots kissed rust In a world of pain Helmet fogged up From his own breath One small step In a thin gold sky [Pre-Chorus] No road signs there Just crater scars He looked at Earth Like a far-off star His name tag read On a scratched tin bar The first to land And the first to ask [Chorus] The first Martian The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing The first Martian The first Martian A lonely boy with a planet in him [Verse 2] He planted beans In a tin can bed Watched them lean Toward the sunset red Sent one voice back Through the radio hum Said, "I found home Where the sky came from" [Pre-Chorus] Sand in his seams And dust in his hair Still he smiled wide Like somebody cared One giant leap For a heart so hard The first to stay When the night got dark [Chorus] The first Martian The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing The first Martian The first Martian A lonely boy with a planet in him [Bridge] And when the cold came down He traced his name in the frost No crowd, no flag, no sound Just the map he made and the cost If they ask who was there When the long dark turned to flame Tell them I stood first And the red dust knew my name [Final Chorus] The first Martian The first Martian He made that scarlet ground sing The first Martian The first Martian A lonely boy with a planet in him The first Martian The first Martian And the stars leaned close to watch him breathe