The story was then formed around this idea. Clear blue skies above And all I feel is love In this dream Sand, water The earth beneath my feet I feel. The first lines Shaw wrote were "Now we can say it / This is the day / We'll be on our way / On our mission to Mars".
Additional Info: Released Date: J More info. The album was conceived in 2015 when Tommy Shaw composed the guitar riff that became the record's closing track "Mission to Mars". Styx announced the album in conjunction with the release of the lead single Gone Gone Gone, while Radio Silence and Hundred Million Miles from Home were later made available prior to the album’s release. The album's story was written by Tommy Shaw and Will Evankovich. A concept album, it tells the story of a mission to the planet Mars in the year 2033. It is the band's first studio album since 2005's Big Bang Theory, their first album of original material since 2003's Cyclorama, and their highest-charting studio album in the United States since 1983's Kilroy Was Here, reaching #45 on the Billboard 200. The Mission is the sixteenth studio album by the band Styx, released on Jthrough UMe. Lyrics to Radio Silence by STYX: Clear blue skies above / And all I feel is love / In this dream / Sand, water / The earth beneath my feet / I feel.