[Intro] (Ah-ah, ah-ah) Look at me float... look at me float... [Verse 1] They dressed me up in silver, forty feet below Lit me like the dark where the cold winds blow Camera pulled in close so the water wouldn't show Said don't you make a sound, don't you let 'em know [Pre-Chorus] And the whole wide world just held its breath Held a baby to the glass, said look, look, look [Chorus] I'm the astronaut — I never left the ground Ten thousand miles high and I never left the ground You reached out through the screen, you cried, you called it grace I was the furthest man alive and I never left this place (Not rated for flight, not rated for flight) I was your open sky, love — I never left the ground [Verse 2] They sold off all the pieces when the dream came down But I couldn't watch 'em wheel that costume out of town So I kept it in the dark like a stone against my chest The last honest liar holding on to all the rest [Pre-Chorus] And I never told a living soul the truth — that the outside was a room, was a room, was a room [Chorus] I'm the astronaut — I never left the ground Ten thousand miles high and I never left the ground You reached out through the screen, you cried, you called it grace I was the furthest man alive and I never left this place (Not rated for flight, not rated for flight) I was your open sky, love — I never left the ground [Bridge] Then a light came low across the water Seven nights, and nearer every time So I carried out the lie I'd been keeping — and the lie, oh the lie, was the door (Was the door, was the door) Go on, go on and open the door [Final Chorus] I'm the astronaut — and now you leave the ground Ten thousand miles high, go on and leave the ground I never crossed it, love, but I kept the light alive Go be the furthest thing that anybody finds (Not rated for flight, not rated for flight) I was the door, my darling — now go and leave the ground [Outro] (Look at me float... look at you go...) I never left the ground (Ah-ah, ah-ah) Now go
