Jupiter
Stargazing Through Life: Aoife O'Donovan's Poetic Journey
Lyrics
Write me a letter write it by hand
Request to receive a handwritten letter
Tell me everything you wanna
Ask for complete disclosure of desires/plans
Do before the end
Discuss aspirations before life's end
I think we’ll make it another seventy years
Optimism about lasting together for 70 more years
At a hundred and one the only
Expectation of limited vision at 101 years old
Color we’ll see is clear
Clear vision as the only perceivable color
This future’s blacker than a black hole
Uncertain and bleak future
And I know it’s hard to get a read
Difficulty in understanding the situation
On when’s the right time to fold
Uncertainty about when to give up
If you keep on keeping on and keep
Advice to persist and focus on the path ahead
Your eyes fixed on the road
Continued perseverance despite challenges
You’ll make it, oh til we are star stuff
Endurance until becoming cosmic matter
Steady in a coal mine sky
Stability in challenging conditions
Wherever you go I go
Commitment to accompany wherever the journey goes
I hit Jupiter and hang a right
Metaphorical reference to a directional change
It’s a slow ride, it’s a slow ride
Noting the slow pace of the journey
Earth's shifting temperatures rise
Acknowledgment of environmental changes on Earth
But I’ll never forget the way
Remembrance of a specific sensation
Your skin tastes in july
Description of a memorable taste
Tastes like peaches, tastes like firelight
Comparison of taste to peaches and firelight
When the park stops burning we
Imagery of a situation ending
Can saddle up our bikes
Planning to resume a normal activity
If this city should underwater go
Contemplating a potential disaster in the city
I will gather up sticks and I
Commitment to create a solution for loved one
Will build my love a boat
Constructing a vessel to navigate difficulties
Float down oil river - float
Metaphorical journey down a difficult path
Gently down the stream
Referencing a classic nursery rhyme
Pinch til I bleed i want to
Expressing a desire to test determination
See how hard i’m dreaming
Intensity of longing and aspiration
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