Flightless Astronaut
Flightless Astronaut: A Cosmic Tale of Hope and Despair
Lyrics
A bed, dusty sheets
A bed with dusty sheets
Sleepless dreams
Dreams that bring sleeplessness
A boy, standing small
A young boy standing small
A poster on the wall
A poster displayed on the wall
There's a man beneath the words
A man beneath the words on the poster
Held stuck from earth by tape
The man appears suspended by tape, figuratively stuck
Some wrinkled paragon
The man appears as a flawed but admired example
That boy stared straight
The boy looks directly at this figure
Some hopeless vagabond
The boy sees himself as a hopeless wanderer
Sweet, moon on fire
The beauty of a moonlit night
Satellites
Satellites, passing by in space
Came and passed me by
Time passing without purpose
Another night gone wasted
A night wasted with no accomplishment
Wonders on the wall
Marvels or dreams depicted on the wall
That boy stared straight
The boy continues to gaze at the figure
Some flightless astronaut
The boy feels like an astronaut unable to fly
The night, beneath the world
The night holds mysteries beneath the surface
All black and pearled
The darkness of the night, profound and mysterious
And the wind, has seen it all
The wind has witnessed all that has transpired
Even this wall and moon and man and astronaut
Everything, from the wall to the moon, observed by the wind
The earth and stars and christ the day he was born
The vastness of the world, celestial bodies, and humanity
And he said "everything mattered" when he knew nothing mattered at all
A realization that while everything seems significant, ultimately, nothing holds true importance
Everything matters, nothing matters at all...
An acknowledgment of conflicting beliefs regarding the significance of everything and nothing
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