(Verse 1)
Stan was such a normal kid
Happy, smiling and pleasant
Scruffing around with other kids
From the council estate crescent
Fitting in with other children
Yet happy in his own company
He’d disappear from dawn till dusk
Hunting nests and odd discoveries
One day he was returning home
Day’s bounty heavy in his hands
When he glimpsed a silent cigar
Gently touching down to land
A strange smell of ammonia
As it hovered, then scorched the ground
Stan checked his peripheral vision
There was no one else around
A paralysing pulse of light
His whole life flashed before his eyes
Then instantaneous acceleration
As it vanished to the skies
Stan was rendered unconscious
Clinically knocked out cold
Waking to darkness all around him
This is how the story goes...
(Chorus)
Stanley didn\'t ask for this
But he does not complain
Since that fateful evening
Things have never been the same
Stan wants to be normal
He just wants to fit in
One thing is for sure
He\'ll never walk that route again
(Verse 2)
Now thirty years have passed
Life\'s ambitions down the drain
Since his alien encounter
Things have never been the same
Drinking regularly \'til blackout
And living like a slob
Barely managing to maintain
His dead-end council job
Stan\'s now quiet and reserved
But something\'s bubbling beneath
He\'s suffered years of mockery and ridicule
For his extraterrestrial beliefs
Now there\'s a shifting inside of him
He\'s hearing different frequencies
Moving cutlery with his thoughts
And predicting storms instinctively
He’s cutting grass for the council
Until the daylight fades
Turning around to find the clippings
Forming geometric shapes
Stan begins to ponder
As his new powers continue to grow
What really happened in that pulse of light
Thirty years ago?...
(Chorus)
Stanley didn\'t ask for this
But he does not complain
Since that fateful evening
Things have never been the same
Stan wants to be normal
He just wants to fit in
One thing is for sure
He\'ll never walk that route again
(Verse 3)
Stan feels a change in his cells
He feels it deep inside
A gravitational force
Like the moon affects the tide
Even though the rain is lashing
He won’t let the evening go to waste
Gravity pulls him back thirty years and now
He\'s stood in the same exact place
The clouds begin to part
An electric charge fills the air
An oily substance oozes through his skin
Vibrations through his teeth and hair
His eyes are growing larger
Like blackened oval holes
He\'s letting go completely
Embracing this new normal
His flesh and clothes begin to split
From his wrists down to his boots
He takes a step forward boldly
Leaving his skin like a crumpled suit
The cigar craft appears in the sky
A marvel of mystery and chrome
Touching down silently and gently
Stanley\'s going home
(Final chorus)
Stanley didn\'t ask for this
But he does not complain
Since that fateful evening
Things have never been the same
Stan now accepts his fate
As being part of a masterplan
He wields the cosmos in his hands
Now he understands