In every way the wish went wrong The gift was tainted by science fact Their minds were changed, a brother born A perfect new born little man Some they lose when they are born With a less than perfect code Others dreaming of the stars Never feeling ice or cold Doomed to be mediocre or nothing at all Doomed a part of the background as plain as the wall Reach, reach out, reach out for the horizon Reach, reach out, reach out, reach for the stars Society includes the rules To exclude and invalidate This ladder can not be climed By the god child degenerate Has he got just what it takes To go and take just what he wants To find the strength, to get the place The place he feels that he belongs Doomed to be mediocre or nothing at all Doomed a part of the background as plain as the wall Reach, reach out, reach out for the horizon Reach, reach out, reach out, reach for the stars Reach, reach out, reach out for the horizon Reach, reach out, reach out, reach for The stars Reach, reach out, reach out for the horizon Reach, reach out, reach out, reach for the stars Some they lose when they are born With a less than perfect code Others dreaming of the stars Never feeling ice or cold