Angels of Alpha Centauri

Angel of Mercy, where’s your mercy now?    
Have it out with me
You’ve had it in for me     
I’ve carried you with me  
Through this troubled life                     

All the days I thought I needed you  
Never there when I … 
Where the hell was I?
Fought in a war to die
Came home feeling used

The angels have flown to Alpha Centauri   
Shaking the dice on holiday
If they return we’ll sing their glory   
If we remember the tune

Saving isn’t something angels do      
They take themselves lightly     
That’s how they fly you see        
They don’t hand out mercy     
We find it on our own

If we learn to take it all in stride 
Mercy would simply be 
Treading this Earth lightly
Not a big show to see
Just another sun gone down

The angels have flown to Alpha Centauri
Shaking the dice on holiday
If they return we’ll sing their glory
If we remember the tune
If we remember the tune