I dreamt I had to go to Mars
I'm always kidding on about going to Mars for the day
But faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified
And it wasn't going to be like a moon trip
There was three of us going, but we couldn't all go on the same ship
We had to go one at a time with a day between us
I had to go first
And it was the thought of pa**ing through all that black space
All the darkness with nothing in it
And then being the first one to land there, all alone
I knew it was supposed to be all dark around
With just a red surface
But what if I got there and it was light
All civilised and populated and stuff?
So I made a plan
The other astronauts were going to be my dad and my sister
And my dad would come first after me
So I decided when I landed I would just stay in my seat until he got there
And then we could get out together and have a look around
And see what sort of things were there
And when I woke up and I was lying in the darkness
I thought I had landed
And I just lay still for a while
Waiting for my dad to get there too