Astronauts in Time

It’s been about four years since we became friends, probably about three since we became close.  It’s been almost two since we broke up the first time, probably about one since we broke up for the last time. 


It feels like forever since we’ve even spoken.

The first time we broke up, I told you that we were out looking for astronauts, for fellow adventurers,  and found them at the wrong time.  I had fallen in love with someone I had no right to fall in love with.  I was tired of crying for you.  I was tired of needing someone who  was never mine to begin with.  And three years ago, I was sorry.

The last time we broke up, I told you I was out looking for myself and found it without you. I had fallen in love with a side of myself I'd never known was even there.  And I was tired of crying because of us.  I was tired of needing us to be something we could never be.  I was tired of hunting for a history that wasn’t already broken to begin with. And a year ago, I was sorry.

It still feels like forever since we've even spoken.

And I want to tell you that I'm still out trying to find myself.  I'm still crying and I'm still tired of needing things from people that they can't give me.  I'm still tired of looking for the wrong things in the wrong places.  And I'm still sorry.

We're out looking for astronauts, looking for astronauts
It's a little too late, too late, too late for this.

Isn't it a little too late for this?

You know you have a permanent piece
Of my medium-sized American heart

We're out looking for astronauts, looking for astronauts.
Are we gone?
Come on yeah, we know we're gone.
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye we know we're gone.

Take all your reasons and take them away
To the middle of nowhere, and on your way home
Throw from your window your record collection
They all run together and never make sense
But that's how we like it, and that's all we want
Something to cry for, and something to hunt.

Are we gone?
Come on yeah, we know we're gone.
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye we know we're gone.