Ready the Astronaut

Released on: June 25, 2021

Lyrics

Dancing on the Sun

You caught me dancing on the sun
A million stars were in your eyes
And I fell for you so hard
Think I'll love you till you die

And I could stare up at the moon
And beg the earth to bend her time
Just to live like we once were
When I thought your heart was mine

Can you please just come around
Is your heart still open
I don't know where I went wrong
There were words unspoken

Caught me dancing on the sun
God how much I miss your eyes
I thought you'd put me in the ground
And I'd lay right by your side

Can you please just come around
Is your heart still open

I don't know where we went wrong
But the light could show it

When the sparrow broke the wall
Did you even notice
All the seedlings we have laid
Someone else will grow them

No Promises

Love is whistling past the graveyard after dark
Love is listening for the good inside a heart
Of no no no promises
Of no no no promises

Love is infinite pretty flowers and diamond rings
Love feels permanent when the wedding singer sings
Of no no no promises
Of no no no promises

Soon he's fast asleep while you're lying there awake
And you're googling lawyers on your lunch break
Oh no no no promises
Oh no no no promises

God I would love for this all to work out buy hey no promises
Oh no no no promises

Hope the roof holds when the house begins to shake
Hope there's always arms to catch you when the branches break
God I would love for this all to work out buy hey no promises

Down With Another One

And words won't work
They only bring you down
You never hear the sound
They only make it worse
I did my best for you
You never let me through
Down with another one

And for four years
I watched you turn away
No it seems cliché
That maybe you were young
I should have let you pass
You found your greener grass
So I will let you go
But I have love here still
Though you have had your fill
I don't know where to go
You were my only one
I thought we'd see the sun
Down with another one

Daedalus, My Father

Where am I to run
When it's colder than its
Ever been before
And I feel I don't know you
Really anymore
So I cry and I call
But no one ever hears
And I can't hear your voice
Ringing in my ears
And I thought that I could fly
With the wings of my father
Stretched up to the sky
And the words that you said
Forever you and I
Now they feel like some island
I will never see
And I'll stop looking up
For rescue planes for me

Could I fix these wings
All the wax and the plume
Have nearly fallen out
And my father's nowhere
To help me figure out
If a word I could say
Would ever change your mind
So I walk on the water
And sink down every time
And the words that I sing
Feel so fucking dumb
Cause I know that your heart
Has already come and gone
So I fill up my life
With every broken thing
But I come back to you
The one who makes me sing
As Long As I Can Breathe

You turned the water into wine when I was younger
You were to me a broken hearted beat
You tended me a mother to a sickly child
I'll love you for as long as I can breathe

I gave you everything I ever thought you wanted
I never even asked you what you see
I should have been the loving arms that kept you steady
I'll love you for as long as I can breathe

I pray that you will find the one that makes you happy
You lay beside a man that sets you free
I wish I could have been the one you loved forever
I'll love you for as long as I can breathe

Ready the Astronaut

Ready the astronaut
Lonely and unafraid
Looking back on the earth
Everything that he's made
Gravity left behind
Still he's afraid to fall
Ready the astronaut
He's never coming home

I was a lonely kid
Heavy and unprepared
Bullied and beaten down
Still I am running scared
Cursed with a living ghost
Still I'm afraid to fall
Ready the astronaut
I'm never coming home

You Let Me Down

What have we come to now
Looking for flowers that have fallen
Stumbling around the grounds
Trying to pull water from a stone

How can we sit around
Watching the flames climb up the curtains
I think I've figured out
Sometimes it's best to watch them burn

You let me down
Were you afraid to just be happy
You let me down
Maybe it's time I let you go

I've got no blame for how
You didn't know which one you wanted
I won't be sticking round
Playing some extra in your show
Maybe you'll figure out
After the darkness has been lifted
You let your foolish doubt
Keep you from finally finding home

Maybe She Will Change Her Mind

Did I hold your hand for far too long
Did I love too much
Or come on too strong
Was it something that I said too rough
Did I touch you wrong
Or just not enough

Did you really want to marry me
Did I hear you right
Were you drunk that night
Now you turn around and walk away
Said it came too fast
Wasn't meant to last, but

Maybe you will change your mind
Maybe I will touch the sun
Maybe you will change your mind
Maybe I should just move on
Maybe there's still time

Do you think about me like I do
Are you over it
On to someone new
I don't know how I can let you go
Maybe time will heal
Other love will grow, or

If I Fell Back To The Earth (You Will Never Find Me)

If I fell back to the earth would you be there waiting
Would you try to catch me
If I fell back down
I can see the sun from here like a child I've been waiting
Wings upon my shoulders
Should I fall back down

I will fall in love again but you will never find me
I will fall in love again but you will never find me

Do you know how much it hurt when I stepped around the corner
Saw you standing with him
The water filled my lungs
And the sea it feels so cold I can feel it slowly rising
And when it takes my body
Then I'll be finally free

Icarus

Man all the lifeboats the ship's going down
Despite all your promises no one will drown
Water was rising you took for the shore
I stay behind and start pulling the oars

Like Icarus foolishly going to high
Or thinking that someday you might be my wife
Watching the wax dripping down towards the sea
Or wondering if you ever still think of me

If I never find you I want you to know it was love
If anything happens I want you to know it was love
It was love

I'm not unhappy I'm doing just fine
But sometimes at night you still come to my mind
Remember that night when I came to your door
I don't think I could love anyone more
If I never find you I want you to know it was love
If anything happens I want you to know it was love
Maybe it's over I hope you remember my love
Should anything happen I want you to know it was love

It was love To Love Forever

Had a dream that I saw you
Through the windows of our old house
You were looking for somewhere to go
You were stern but enchanting
You had changed quite a bit who you are
But I still see the light in your eyes

And we tried
We tried to love forever
And we tried
We tried to love forever
I was wrong to control you
Try to make you be somebody else
Not to let you be just who you are
I hope you can forgive me
I hope you can let all of this go
You will find what you need in forgiveness