Space City
Journey Through Longing: Space City's Echoing Heartache
Lyrics
If I could have one wish right now
The speaker desires a wish at the moment.
I'd be about as half as tough as I pretend I am
The speaker acknowledges they pretend to be tougher than they truly are.
Then I wouldn't care how empty this old house feels
The emptiness in the house wouldn't bother the speaker if they were less tough.
I could take her things and take them far away from here
The speaker wishes to remove belongings associated with a female figure from the house.
I could make sure no dirt ever got on her name
The speaker wants to protect the reputation or memory of the female figure.
Cause looking at that stone wouldn't bring me so much pain
Seeing a gravestone related to the female figure brings the speaker pain.
I could go into town wearing my finest clothes
The speaker imagines going out in their best attire to town.
I could turn these tears into blood and make it run ice cold
Expressing a desire to turn tears into a cold, impassive emotion, possibly numbness or anger.
Space City's one hour up the road from me
'Space City' is an hour away from the speaker's location.
One hour away from as close to the moon as anybody down here is ever gonna be
'Space City' is the closest the speaker can get to the moon and symbolizes a distant, unattainable place.
And somewhere beyond that big white light is where my heart is gone
The speaker's heart or emotional center seems distant or lost beyond a metaphorical 'big white light.'
And somewhere she's wondering what's taking me so long
The person the speaker is addressing wonders why the speaker is taking so long.
My hands are as good to me as they've ever been
The speaker's hands are reliable and have served them well.
And I ain't ashamed of anything my hands ever did
The speaker feels no shame for their actions.
But sometimes the words I used were as hard as my fist
Words spoken by the speaker could be as harsh as physical actions.
She had the strength of a man and the heart of a child I guess
Describing the female figure as having both strength and innocence.
Space City's one hour up the road from me
Reiteration that 'Space City' is an hour away.
One hour away from as close to the moon as anybody down here is ever gonna be
Reiterating the idea that 'Space City' is as close to the moon as anyone can get.
And somewhere beyond that big white light is where my heart is gone
Continuing the metaphor of the heart being lost beyond a distant point of reference.
And somewhere she's wondering what's taking me so long
The person the speaker is addressing is still wondering about the speaker's delay.
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