The Astronaut

The Astronaut



In a Honda

On the 5 to LA

With the New Year

Just some hours away





I turn to my left and try

To capture your smile

As headlights are dancing round

Just like fireflies





In a soft tone

You are starting to sing

To a record

That you told me to bring





We listen to awkward rhymes

For mile after mile

The world's flying by outside

As a flash of light





A flash of light, a flash of light

From all the cars and exit-signs

The cars and exit-signs

A flash of light, a flash of light

When our shadows collide

Scatter all around





In a Motel

On a bed, as we rest,

You examine

Every hair on my chest





You ask me to turn around

And not close my eyes

My muscles betray me now

When I try to find





A flash of light, a flash of light

A tiny motion in your eyes

A motion in your eyes

A flash of light, a flash of light

When our shadows break out

Crash into the night





A flash of light, a flash of light

An open crack in every cloud

A crack in every cloud

I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed

When our shadows unite

Stretched before our eyes