Fire In The Sky - Alderon Tyran

Finally finished this song that I've been working on for a few months! I first heard this song as a young kid and I give it credit for my fascination with space all throughout my childhood and, by extension, youth. This song was originally written by Dr. Jordin Kare and originally released in 1983 in the album "Minus Ten and Counting". The version, I listened to as a kid, and thus expanded upon was an extended re-recording of the original, was released in the collection "To Touch The Stars: A Musical Celebration of Space Exploration", published in 2004; Sung by Kristoph Klover. My optimism for space hasn't yet failed me and I'm constantly excited by the advancements SpaceX is making so it felt proper for me to get this video out before the first flight test of Starship.
Lyrics:
Prometheus, they say, brought God's fire down to man
And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began
Now we’re going back to Heaven just to look Him in the eye
And there’s a thunder ‘cross the land and a fire in the sky
Gagarin was the first back in 1961
When, like Icarus, undaunted, he climbed to reach the sun
And he knew he might not make it, for it’s never hard to die
But he lifted off the pad and rode a fire in the sky
Yet a higher goal was calling and we vowed to reach it soon
And we gave ourselves a decade to put fire on the moon
And Apollo told the world we can do it if we try
There was one small step and a fire in the sky
Then two decades from Gagarin, twenty years to the day
Came a shuttle named Columbia to open up the way
And they said she’s just a truck, but she’s a truck that’s aimin’ high
See her big jets burning, see her fire in the sky
Yet the gods do not give lightly, of the powers they have made,
And with Challenger and seven, once again the price was paid.
And the nation watched her falling, and it killed our will to fly
As our dreams fell burning, as our fire left the sky
Nearly two decades of mourning, we knew again we’d have to try
But Columbia had fallen, ‘cross that early morning sky
Though we all must move on someday so now we raise our eyes
To our new space rockets, streaking fire across the sky
 
Now the most grandiose of starships, we have built and now we fly
And they land themselves daily, and rise again to places high
And now we look to leave our cradle, to take our place among the stars
As now reach but further, Bringing fire down to Mars.
See the rest is up to us - there’s a future to be won
We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done
For no cradle lasts forever, every bird must learn to fly
And we’re goin’ to the stars, see our fire in the sky
Yes, we’re going to the stars, see our fire - in the sky
Yes I’ll Remember, Until I Die
Our Fire in the sky x2

[@alderontyran]

I finally got this song I've been working on for a few months done and just in time for SpaceX's launch tomorrow! I decided to try and actually use video for once in a video (crazy I know) and I hope y'all let me know what you think of how it turned out! This song has been a favorite of mine since my childhood when I first heard it. One of the few songs that stuck with me through the years. This song is not mine originally and was written shortly after the Shuttle program began in '83, with the details mentioned in the description. I definitely recomend you check out the original artists' versions! I hope you enjoy! As always, I am very thankful for my Patreon supporters and if you want to contribute to keeping this channel going, please consider joining here: www.patreon.com/AlderonTyran

[@JimmWasHere]

The additional 2 verses and edits throughout are definitely well done.

[@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Got scrubbed for later this week due to valve issues, but it shall come soon!

[@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Well it blew up mid air due to a failure in once of the Raptor-9 engines, But this is a learning experience as they described it! Now they know better, And luckily there are more ready!

[@Armored_Ariete]

@@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer Another fire in the sky

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

you should make a rock version like the version of the song in the album "To Touch The Stars; A Musical Celebration of Space Exploration"

[@techpriestmars6731]

"are you crying from a song?" "The inherent goodness and ability for mankind to come together and over one tragedy to explore got to me, ok?"

[@XDWX]

Born too late to sail the seas. Born too early to sail the stars.

[@ingsnaut_7006]

Born just in time to guarantee the future.

[@nomad-8260]

not with that attitude you aren't

[@SinoLegionaire]

Born just in time to own nothing and be happy.

[@tripod_boi2056]

Born just in time to post memes

[@roberine7241]

Born just in time to get addicted to the internet and loose your grip on a reality that seems to get worse daily

[@lordkroak6670]

I always wanted to work for NASA. I always wanted to do one thing with it: Be able to say to my dead mother “your baby boy is sending you a gift in the heavens. I miss you”

[@chiisan3776]

just wholesome.

[@-thanawat-8296]

sorry for your loss bro

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

we have the same motivations, I'm majoring in aerospace engineering right now because of my late mother

[@TheArgonaut540]

Perhaps it is the destiny of man to follow in Prometheus’ footsteps, bringing fire to all that we touch.

[@AmaGentleman]

We may have been born to late to sail the seas. We may have been born too early to sail the stars…. WE have the prospect to begin to sail the stars. WE start it all. From here we pave the way.

[@centurion7993]

HUZZAH!

[@mrstachio8916]

Fair winds and Following seas to you lads

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

We may yet be able to sail the stars in our day

[@taiko1237]

Glory to those who look forward!

[@DivusMagus]

I hope this continues for years. Just keep adding verses every couple of decades as we continue the march towards the stars.

[@tu-95turbopropstrategicbom55]

I used to listen to this song all the time as a kid. It (along with "Everyman" from the same album) are one of the big reasons I became an aerospace engineer. Thank you for doing such a beautiful job with your rendition and here's hoping it inspires a new generation of explorers and engineers!

[@luckyterror5756]

Ad astra my friend

[@englishpolishmememan8892]

I cried. Not just because I hope for a better future, I pray for it too, everyday, I pray to god that spreading amongst the stars be his will for us his children.

[@darthshaggy9697]

This song embodies both my entire political and spiritual perspective lmfao...

[@realPlanetb]

Same...

[@FranceSvarka]

Same...

[@RavenWolffe77]

Same...

[@noxious5299]

one of my favourite songs and it sounds just as fabulous as the original!

[@major_kukri2430]

This is a masterful piece of cultural heritage.

[@bahamutgamin1424]

❤ love this song I wish I could be around when we explore our galaxy ❤

[@lhtyeehaw1319]

we may not be around for that, but we can lay the foundation to that future now!

[@Spaceman33393]

Of all the versions of this song out I find this one to be the most powerful, maybe because it's the most updated, maybe because it's got more Spirit than most, regardless it's a brilliant rendition. Keep it up, I hope to see more like this.

[@bruhbruh1465]

Fuck yeah! Another good American space song is “Star Fire.”

[@isaacshultz8128]

YES ITS HERE IM SO EXICTED THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm gonna listen to it now

[@isaacshultz8128]

Chills in the intro

[@isaacshultz8128]

I love the new verse!

[@theempiredidnothingwrong4937]

If the day comes when you can board a starship to mars commercially, I would pay to put you up there and sing this song in the first space concert.

[@dkok_grenadier9643]

I've always loved this song, thanks for doing a cover!

[@jamescallahan7834]

I just heard this song a couple days ago and thought it was pretty cool. and now you do a awesome cover of it. get out of my walls

[@uhlan5957]

A song that I would love to see you do an English cover of is "Te Souviens-tu?" I think it fits the tone of many of your songs.

[@RealMasterWindu]

this is truly a space moment

[@tommyzhang1006]

Great work, I think the conquest and domestication of other planets is a really great theme.

[@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Thank you, Thank you, I loved the song before but now its even better, You should do one of 14 minutes until launch

[@Rack47]

Lovely song, and a great video to go along with it!

[@kristophklover5522]

Well done! I like your new verses. Excellent video!

[@SnepLeo]

Found about this song a week ago, what a coincidence that you made a cover.

[@jamesbhollingsworth5452]

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

[@noahhornbeak8831]

No gods no masters!

[@jamesbhollingsworth5452]

@@noahhornbeak8831 And yet a slave to sin and Satan.

[@thelordofgaming9513]

Good god, yet another classic of filk

[@sehtgoblin]

Wow, amazing cover of this piece!

[@igabe98]

I love this song, I’m so glad you updated it for the modern space race! Per aspera, Ad astra!

[@thebadlander3608]

Sadly it was scrubbed, but I love this! Definitely going on my playlisy

[@DegureProd]

Bro... this is too good! I sing your songs on my way home from school (and vice versa) Keep up :)

[@jacoballen5515]

It’s…perfect! Thank you!

[@FishbedFive]

"The United States has finally.. found her purpose." "From Osea and America, Israel and Arabia!" Prometheus, they say, brought God’s fire down to man And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began Now we’re going up to Heaven just to look Him in the eye Up our Fighter goes, see that ASAT in the sky Belenko was the first back in 19-seven’six When, like Cipher, like a man, he wished for a new life fix He knew he might get shot down, ‘cause it’s never hard to die But he split from his crew and rode that fighter in the sky. But before that, a tough one called and we vowed to beat it back And we gave ourselves a decade to go and challenge the Foxbat And Irv Burrows proved the US, we can do it if we try There was one afterburner and a fighter in the sky! And three decades from the Mustang, Thirty two from yesterday Came a fighter christened Eagle to come open up the way And they said she’s a missile truck, but she’s a missile truck aimin’ high! See her big jets burning, see that fighter in the sky! Yet the gods do not give lightly, of the powers they have gave, And over the skies of the Negev desert, once again the price was paid. Israel watched two falling, and it killed our will to fly But 957 landed safely, from that fire in the sky! After Foxhound came in, we knew again we’d have to try But Hyvonen had fallen, ‘cross that Scottish morning sky Though we all must move on someday so now we raise our eyes To our brand new EX, with her AMRAAMs in the sky! With over a hundred to zero, she knew she needn’t try But even so, we still gave C a goodbye Seventy-four years later, our Eagle still can fly This ancient bird’s afterburner - Her (improved!) fire in the sky! See that fighter in the sky? Now the most grandiose of fighters, we have built and now we fly And they land themselves safely, and fight again in places high And now we look to leave our cradle, to take the place of absentees With our Eagle still living, all from A to Silent E! See the rest is up to us - there’s a future to be won We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done For we say hello to Raptor, Eagles evn’tually learn to fly And she’s goin’ to the stars, see her fire in the sky Yes, she’s going to the stars, see that fighter in the sky Yes I’ll Remember, ‘til I Die Our Fighter in the sky x2

[@alderontyran]

I'll be curious how it ends up sounding! Definitely share the link if you decide to record it!

[@dieleg]

where the hell did the nation of Osea from Strangereal come from

[@centurion7993]

@@dielegI reckon it’s shorthand for Oceania or somethin

[@unclesam1869]

Absolutely fire🔥 You should definitely look into doing some covers on the songs from the album Carmen Miranda’s Ghost. And another civil war song, The ballad of the Hunley or the Boys of the Hunley. Would love to see you cover these! Either way, you’ve earned a subscriber.

[@marshallfeltz4403]

Another banger

[@magicman9247]

I absolutely love this song. Keep it up!❤

[@threestrikesmarxman9095]

I thought it was going to be just a cover of a rare song but no, the addition of two stanzas was a welcome addition.

[@DustMug]

Lmao I love the ending. Just imagining mission control confused out of their minds as the astronaut is just singing his heart out. Awesome song too. Have you ever heard Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser? Some ww1 filk thing, I believe I found it from your cover of Dawson's Christian

[@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618]

god this would go so well with vids on the recent IFT2 launch recently, it was amazing seeing that massive starship take off with the booster section having every single engine lit and blasting it into space, with the stage separation being a spectacle of it's own to have seen!

[@kittenwithmittens6200]

Thank you for making fantastic covers of songs. You introduced me to space shanties from dawson's cristian and since then i have been flooding my KZbin recommendations with anything space related.

[@Nerdskov]

This was awesome. Also that English Teutonic knight song sounded awesome too but I can’t find a full version of it.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

As much as love the original, this is a worthy update! I loved the updated lyrics (especially the one about the often forgotten Columbia disaster). It really makes this it’s own instead of being just a cover.

[@Beorthere]

Great work as always, Alderon!

[@Voland1871]

Do 14 minutes to launch next!

[@clostridiumtetani9947]

hey, don't give spacex all the credit. NASA's working on all those nuclear engines that'll cut the time it'll take to get there.

[@Gallade082]

And Artemis is chugging along as well!

[@Techno_Idioto]

We should shut SpaceX down..

[@centurion7993]

@@Techno_Idiotono, the military industrial complex is just the thing the space exploration industry needs, cause they can make a lot of starships for cheap and make them unreasonably advanced, so long as they got budget and time

[@Techno_Idioto]

@@centurion7993 Only the government should be able to send missions to space, not private corporations.

[@Subocaji]

Great Rendition!

[@WG-tt6hk]

What a great tribute to SpaceX & Starship. I was down at Boca to witness "the fire in the sky" created by the first launch of the Starship/Heavy. It is one of the highlights of my life.

[@marshallfeltz4403]

Another great one I know you have a long list of music you want to do. But I'd recommend looking to making a Wo alle Straßen enden English version underrated forgotten song.

[@stekra3159]

To the moon and to the stars

[@sirlamm6657]

Was randomly recommended you yesterday and was forced to hit that Abo button! Your taste in music is as great as your capabilities as a singer

[@the_junkie]

This is beautyful

[@jaimehuizar6727]

Not going to lie over the past few months. I've been getting ideas for a space adventure story that is being inspired by filk songs and hfy, and a sceen that's clear in my mind is when the the protagonist leave space this song is playing thoroughly all media alongside with the footage of the liftoff as a message that it's time to innovate to the stars

[@everwinter9795]

OH HELL YEAH, good job my guy. We’ll be too Mara soon, this time in this century we’re going further beyond

[@JimmWasHere]

Id love to hear you sing The Day It Fell Apart by Leslie Fish

[@jakubgigantusswierczynskiw1529]

i love your covers

[@stekra3159]

Fire in the sky

[@SimCityEA1989]

A little bit edited with newer lyrics, love the originality of it though. I was expecting towards the end with a lower pitch and higher pitch voices, maybe an electric, different guitar playing different pitches, just to make the ending perfect, and although that is what I was expecting and would have enjoyed seeing it, you kept it original, like if the man just had his guitar and was just singing as he flew to mars. Absolutely stunning!

[@imperialofficer6185]

IMO Kristoph Klover's version benefits from a "deranged tribal shaman screaming an ancient legend" vibe that this one doesn't have

[@jeremiahcruz1071]

There is a single wish I want to make to myself we have conquered the land, conquered the underground, and even conquered the skies and I hope even after I die that we conquer space, It being hundreds of space stations Where radicals hideout or the taking of Mars for a better future and the expansion of the human race and beyond.

[@copper5567]

Can we get an americanized version of my little armalite with the different states

[@generalolivervonbismarck393]

That would be a good song for the civil war series he is making

[@UniquelyUnseen]

This is a great rendition, great job man!

[@RavenWolffe77]

On June 6th, 2024, Starship 29 successfully splashed-down from a suborbital test flight, along with her booster, which also splashed down safely on the other side of the globe. 29 got pretty mauled by re-entry plasma entering the hinges of her control fins, but even when doing her best Anakin Skywalker cosplay, she made it home safe. Probably should've packed more sunscreen, though...

[@brenno923]

Please do "I believe, my friends"

[@fishsteakyelk341]

Not gonna lie the more you flesh out the universe you created the more I’m wondering how many factions will you make songs for?

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

MINUS TEN AND COUNTING WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@avengenceangel1578]

☕

[@leewilder2896]

Please attend OVFF at some point. (If it's still going on... the website seems to be inaccessible, at least on 2/9/24.) Or any filk event, really, just please show up SOMEWHERE so I can hear this version live!

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of Fire In The Sky - Alderon Tyran momentum 100

[@zachboyd4749]

Enterprise Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis Endeavor The pavers of the road to the stars…

[@thecourtjester8894]

100% of all national budgets should go into space research

[@dieleg]

"I'm detecting an... odd broadcast from Sojourner."

[@Bigglesfly]

Funny, Ad Astra Pe Adura (Through adversity to the stars, not hardship) is actually the motto the the RAF (Royal Air Force)

[@theamazingengineer1901]

Hey man, love this cover, any chance of us getting a cover of ‘Fly Columbia’ any time soon?

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

"The stars are ours!" Where have I head that quote from?

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

Thus makes me want to play mass effect

[@Sloth0815]

Who here after the 3rd starship test flight

[@lordhoth4443]

Me.

[@DarkKnight-jf4bf]

Me :)

[@krusis]

Please give us a complete tamo daleko in english

[@taiko1237]

Interesting version, never heard the modified verse about 'Challenger and seven' or the two verses after it before. Are those yours?

[@centurion7993]

They seem to be original

[@akthewareagle8595]

“We also sent out messengers into the void unknown Past Uranus Neptune Jupiter. The Voyagers had flown With a little help from Ginny, we learned that if we try Even far from earth, we can always learn to fly”

[@NoobiezNoob]

14 minutes till launch in english?

[@propyne5460]

Any chance we can get the song-only version of this?

[@Gary-zq3pz]

Not bad, but I'd love to hear it done as a Zeppelin style rock anthem.

[@panzerwagen4508]

Can I have your permission to use your ukraine song in an edit? ill give you credit

[@OliverStabile]

While I love Klovers version, this is good

[@alfredjones6130]

Why the fuck am I crying in the club rn

[@major_kukri2430]

It's ok. I'm crying too.

[@centurion7993]

I damn near did as well!

[@Mkd_is_bg]

Hello, i know my comment will be not seen but i will try. I am from Bulgaria, for us Macedonia is a big pain. We have a lot of songs about this beutiful region. There is one called "послушайте патриоти", we will be very happy if you made it with the same pain how we feel it

[@centurion7993]

Remember friend, the comment management scree shows all comments on every video, no matter how old, so give it time friend, he’ll your comment in time.

[@Junko_69]

Excuse me, can I make a Spanish translation of this song?

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

We beat the reds to the moon…..we can beat em to Mars too All we have to do is believe in ourselves that we can

[@j.asmith9160]

If your doing the civil war series I got one for ya. County boy can survive- HW Jr.

[@aidenwood1123]

666 likes nice

[@vargr]

Elon Musk, dreamer,