Lyrics
Spaceship is on fire
Spaceship is experiencing a fire.
Snake in your spacesuit
There is a snake in the spacesuit, suggesting danger or betrayal.
Ground control has all gone home
Ground control personnel have left their posts.
They said they can replace you
Assurances that someone else can take your place.
This shuttle is a piece of shit
The spaceship is in poor condition.
Like half the buttons work
Buttons on the shuttle are malfunctioning.
And all the lights and indicators
Lights and indicators are confusing or unreadable.
Just plain indecipherable
Overall, the spaceship's condition is indecipherable.
I suspect they laugh at this tin coffin
The speaker suspects ridicule for the spacecraft.
Even as they feign applause
Even though applause is feigned, there's a push towards the unknown.
When pushing me towards the horizon
Being directed towards the horizon to find a new star.
Find a new star, stillnaut rjyan
Call to action for the "stillnaut rjyan" to explore.
I can't believe I once believed
Loss of belief in oneself or others' belief in the speaker.
That they believed in me
A realization of not being believed in.
I feel another pull that's stronger
Feeling a stronger pull toward something new.
Than that of all the stars behind me
The new pull surpasses the allure of the stars left behind.
I'm homesick for a home
Longing for a home, even if unwelcome.
I know I'm never welcome back to
Realization of being unwelcome back to the old home.
So I watch it shrink
Watching the old home shrink as the speaker moves away.
As oxygen leaks slowly
Oxygen leaks as a metaphor for diminishing resources or support.
From my capsule
Oxygen leak continues in the capsule.
Spaceship is on fire
Repetition of the spaceship on fire, reinforcing the danger.
Snake in your spacesuit
Reiteration of a snake in the spacesuit, emphasizing betrayal.
Ground control has all gone home
Repetition of ground control leaving, intensifying isolation.
They said they can replace you
Repetition of the claim that someone else can replace the speaker.
This vessel isn't big enough
The current vessel is inadequate to express the speaker's anger.
To be my anger's weapon
If the vessel were sufficient, the speaker would unleash destruction.
If it was I'd rain its flaming wreckage
The desire for revenge raining down on those who caused humiliation.
Down on all their heads
Metaphorical destruction through atmospheric passage.
In passing through the atmosphere
Recognition of revenge leading to more humiliation.
With mean disintegration
The speaker's revenge would be noticed during disintegration.
They would notice my revenge
Resulting in more humiliation for the speaker.
Just more humiliation
The speaker is constrained by past experiences and emotions.
Clutching my umbilical
Metaphorical imagery of being tethered and restricted.
And strangled by my halo
Struggling with conflicting emotions, represented by halo and umbilical.
The ten thousand stars behind my
The stars behind the speaker are influencing but not liberating.
Pulling on a flightless angel
Feeling pulled by a flightless angel, perhaps unattainable aspirations.
The one thin thread that's been holding
A thin thread connects the speaker to the earth.
This boy to the earth
The speaker contemplates breaking the thread.
I will break it
A decisive declaration to sever the connection.
And scatter all the constellations
Resulting in the disruption of the constellations, symbolizing chaos.
Spaceship is on fire
Reiteration of the spaceship being on fire, intensifying the crisis.
Snake in your spacesuit
Reiteration of a snake in the spacesuit, underscoring betrayal.
Ground control has all gone home
Repetition of ground control leaving, emphasizing isolation.
They said they can replace you
Repetition of the claim that someone else can replace the speaker, reinforcing disposability.
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