We're all built up with progress

But sometimes I must confess

We can deal with rockets and dreams

But reality, what does it mean

Ain't nothing said

Cause Freddie's dead

His mother, Cheryl Simmons, said aviation had always been one of his greatest passions. Once he started working inside the aircraft as a boom operator, he immediately knew he had found the career he wanted. She remembered him saying that he planned to stay in that role until retirement and then eventually move on to flying commercial planes.

Reality?

Heh… that’s the part they skip

And every time the truth shows up,

folks get quiet—

real quiet—

like they just remembered Freddie,

and why his story still hits like a brick in a sock.”