Astronauts - Grieves, Slug

We used to fly around the world in a cardboard box

Now you’re waiting for the bus trying to fit in with the flock

Different socks, on one hand you’ve got a wild imagination

And on the other, is man against the clock

It never stops, we used to look up at the clouds

And see shapes now the only thing we see in 'em is rain, it’s not the same

Cause after all the giant dragons disappeared

The only battle left to fight was with your chains, cut 'em loose

I liked it better when our dreams were real

We respected what it was to feel

Nobody ever put a limit on the things that that made the littlest of kings

Seem strong enough to cut through steel, grip the wheel

It’s a windy little road you paved

It’s a shame you had to lose that light

Cause if it wasn’t for the blanket fort walls and the bumps in the night

You’d be nothing but a string without a kite

You’re not the astronaut you used to be

Ain’t it shame that you couldn’t keep the starlight in your eyes?

You’re not the hero that you used to be

Fading away until you’re falling out the sky

We used to sail around the world in a porcelain tub

Now we fill it to the brim and try to wash away the mud, it isn’t us

In one world you got a wide-eyed adventure in the other

Is a person giving up, it never jumps

We used to play connect the dots with the stars

Now we try to make a connection in bars, it’s getting hard

Cause after every little planet’s been exploded

It’s impossible to find out where you are, I take it home

I miss the feeling of a brand-new start

What it meant to be a child at heart

No matter how it was explained it always felt like if

I wanted to I could’ve built a city in my own backyard, disembark

You don’t have to be a kid to believe or see potential in a pile of leaves

If it wasn’t for them deep sea dives

Or the whisper from the trees you’d be

Nothing but a want without a need

You’re not the astronaut you used to be

Ain’t it shame that you couldn’t keep the starlight in your eyes?

You’re not the hero that you used to be

Fading away until you’re falling out the sky

I remember you were stuck in a half-empty cup

You studied the sun like it was meant to touch, got to clutch

It’s not enough to escape like the duck’s

Cause they always come back to the muck

Struggle from a brush with luck so we could judge your guts like

«You still on that such and such?»

They can cut the budget but the puppet struts

On two crutches over drums that rush like busted nuts

It’s too much now, you want to strike like

The light without the thunder, wonder whatcha doing uptown

You delivering nothing but love

But can’t seem to catch a dream when fishing from up above

I don’t believe that there’s a bad bet

Cause everybody’s gonna breathe that last breath

But the things you write, got wings for life

It’s the freedom flight, that’s how we sleep at night

You’re not the astronaut you used to be

Ain’t it shame that you couldn’t keep the starlight in your eyes?

You’re not the hero that you used to be

Fading away until you’re falling out the sky