Astronaut

[Verse 1] Beneath the picket fences lies a dream deferred, Chasing aspirations through the leaves that stirred. In cul-de-sacs of longing, I run amok, With hopes like paper boats, caught in suburban muck. I tried to soar above the humdrum din, But found my ambitions thin as suburban skin. Each weekend BBQ with tales adrift, Of trophies on the shelf that never uplift. The lawn is green, but the truth is gray, In this quiet maze where dreams slowly fray, Trying to break free, but the chains stay tight, In suburbia's shadows, I lose the fight. [Prechorus] Floating in the galaxy where my will's astray, Dreams like fading stars slowly drift away. [chorus] so just try give it your best shot shooting for the stars still makes you an astronaut and if you fall at least you're falling with a view I'm staring at the clouds instead of cracked streets I saw enough of those While eating the concrete but where are all the silver linings they promised me [Verse 2] Navigating through this cosmic catastrophe, Pandemic waves ripple with uncertainty, Housing dreams hover like unmet satellites, As costs keep spiraling into endless nights. Inflation turns my world into a pressure dome, Each day a meteor shower through my fragile home. In this universe where the ground erodes, The struggle's gravity as heavy as black holes. Yet I drift through constellations of what could be, A cosmic odyssey in the quest for stability. Yearning to break the cycle and find firm ground, In the expanding void where answers are drowned. [Prechorus] Floating in the galaxy where my will's astray, Dreams like fading stars slowly drift away. [chorus] so just try give it your best shot shooting for the stars still makes you an astronaut and if you fall at least you're falling with a view I'm staring at the clouds instead of cracked streets I saw enough of those While eating the concrete but where are all the silver linings they promised me [Bridge] Leaving Earth for good, beyond the stratosphere, In the silence of space, all doubts disappear. Stars send whispers of a life that's new, Goodbye to gravity, to dreams we flew. Leaving Earth for good, beyond the stratosphere, In the silence of space, all doubts disappear. Stars send whispers of a life that's new, Goodbye to gravity, to dreams we flew. [chorus] so just try give it your best shot shooting for the stars still makes you an astronaut and if you fall at least you're falling with a view I'm staring at the clouds instead of cracked streets I saw enough of those While eating the concrete but where are all the silver linings they promised me [chorus] so just try give it your best shot shooting for the stars still makes you an astronaut and if you fall at least you're falling with a view I'm staring at the clouds instead of cracked streets I saw enough of those While eating the concrete but where are all the silver linings they promised me