We've come so far Under this old star of us We've climbed through ash and cliff and gash And scaled this old face Oh, please don't let him go Olympus Mons won't you ever be? Olympus Mons won't you ever be? Your face is drawn and pale We eat as systems fail Ask the reasons why volcanos in the sky Running on a stone so close we grow alone Discuss panic and dread and mountains Mountains in our heads Olympus Mons won't you ever be? Olympus Mons won't you ever be? The air grows thin The moon hangs in the sky like a closing eye The sky is dark and red tonight And I long to go home if I close my eyes... The sky grows dim The moons stare from the space with the hollow face The soil is dark and red tonight And I long to go home if I close my eyes... Tree on Martian soil and patterns of canals Water streaming down a lava light canal If I could get this helmet off I'd lay it on the sand And drink from river's hand Oasis looks so grand - red camels in the sand A desert nomad stands at sleeping naiad's hand Like Hylas I could swim to you and love you and forget Love you and forget The summit beckons yet