Astronauts

from Why I Write by Bob Gaulke

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lyrics

Astronauts (E) 112bpm

astronauts
everyday
firing
trillions of cells

astronauts in bodies
astronauts in thoughts

burning through time
at the speed of life
everything
catches fire

fragile in the void
life’s distant from us

in fiction-powered rockets
we’re tearing off our suits
the universe enters us
as we’re being moved

tears come back the sun is out
everything is going up

grabbing all we can
before it falls on our heads

pushed beyond limits
into other dimensions

we learn in a moment
what it takes a life to live

we feel fantastic
don’t know what it is
look around,
the world’s going to shit

thrust puts us in orbit
we coast on it

keep on movin’
into outer space
stay in one place
you’ll notice things

floating in a sea
we don’t hold up to scrutiny

ambitions erections
taxes, expenses
sea levels dresses
corruption happiness

tears come back the sun is out
everything is going up

grabbing all we can
before it falls on our heads

pushed beyond limits
into other dimensions

we learn in a moment
what it takes a life to live