FIRE ON THE BRIDGE lyrics

CHOIR
Fire on the bridge
Life support failing
ERROR
Fire on the bridge
Life support failing
ERROR

CAPTAIN
Don’t panic
Stay steady, deep breaths, don’t lose your head
Cut the static
Cut the erratic, call for logic and assess
There’s –

CHOIR
Fire on the bridge
Life support failing
ERROR

CAPTAIN
Fix life support before you run out of air
Force yourself to walk
Put one foot in front the other
Eyes open
Lest you lose your crew and everything ends here
COMPUTER
Life support systems online

CHOIR
Fire on the bridge
Fire on the bridge
Fire on the bridge
Fire on the —

COMPUTER
Fire extinguished

CAPTAIN
I feel like a needle being dragged through a record
Forced to learn every carved-in grove
I’ve —
Seen every alternative unravelling of my own face
And those that I hold close

There’s no eloquent way for me to wonder
What the f*ck is going on
I fix a problem and a million more come up
Then something goes wrong
And it’s lights out
And all I hear is —
CHOIR
Fire on the bridge
Life supports failing
ERROR

CAPTAIN
Again
Fix life support before I run out of air
Put one foot in front the other lest everything ends here

I feel like I’m comatose, brain dead while wide awake
Daydreaming how I die
Like I took a bullet in the head while in REM state
Imagination bleeding in my eyes

There’s no feasible way for everything I’ve seen
To be true all at once
Am I dead?
Am I dying?
Have I lost my mind?

COMPUTER
Captain, you have to do repair manually
We have to work fast if we're to salvage the ship
Captain?
CAPTAIN
Fix life support, get the oxygen

CHOIR
And the ship blows

CAPTAIN
Put the fire out first, then

CHOIR
Suffocate slow

CAPTAIN
Fix life support, put the fire out —

CHOIR
You collapse before you make it

CAPTAIN
Jesus Christ — alright, again, let’s get it right this time
Fix life support, get the oxygen

CHOIR
You press the wrong command

CAPTAIN
Fix life support, get the oxygen

CHOIR
You fumble with shaky hands

CAPTAIN
FIX LIFE SUPPORT, GET THE OXYGEN

CHOIR
You’re a second too late

CAPTAIN
(screams)

…don’t panic
Stay steady, deep breaths, don’t lose your head
Cut the static
Cut the erratic, call for logic, and assess
There’s —