Astronaut

Album: At Your Inconvenience (2011)
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  • She was on her way home he was lying away,
    Assistance from others had never led her astray,
    She had a good day,
    Was persuaded by summer air to walk instead of getting the train,
    The decision so innocent as innocent as she,
    Uncorrupted so innocent and sweet
    An innocence interrupted by an incident
    A ? in two people so different in belief
    She came from the depths and ascend, bumped into he who dement,
    Intent on inflicting the same pain that been led
    The decision made by he for she had never consented.
    And unprovoked the most venomous attack,
    He took from her that which she can't get back,
    And left her with that that she can't get rid of
    Which is why whenever it's time for lift out

    She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoon,
    Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon,
    Dear god, I hope you haven't forgot
    This young brave astronaut
    A habit she never wanted,
    A pain she needed numbing,
    And she'd rather feel nothing than the pain
    An evening she can't forget,
    Memories she can't stomach
    Not for nothing but I need a inner vain
    Friends she ignored till the phone stopped ringing,
    Till her door stopped knocking,
    Her door she only opens to let him in,
    But she has no money so she lets him come
    You can take that either away

    A window she rarely opens so she can see the day,
    Her stove she only uses to heat her spoon,
    For her the only way she can reach the moon.
    She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoon,
    Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon,
    Dear god, I hope you haven't forgot
    This young brave astronaut

    Looking up, looking up, looking up for the young brave astronaut
    Give it up, give it up, give it up for the young brave astronaut
    I know that you're busy but any time you got,
    God please make a visit,
    To the young, to the young, to the young,
    To the young brave astronaut

    She opens the window for a glimpse out
    And heats a spoon over the stove
    Feels a familiar sting and then slips out
    With a window that isn't quite closed
    With the window open and the stove still lit,
    Along with the rain came a gust of wind,
    Which blew the fire out,
    Gas still running and her still breathing the gas in.

    She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoon,
    Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon,
    Dear god, I hope you haven't forgot
    This young brave astronaut Writer/s: Emeli Sande, Ludovico Einaudi, Shahid Khan, Steven Manderson
    Publisher: Bucks Music Group, MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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