[Intro — Low spacecraft hum, distant radio chatter, soft synth pulse, close-mic youthful male tenor] [Synthetic Voice] Departure sequence initiated. [Soft male vocal] You still wanna do this? [Small laugh] Good. So do I. [Verse 1 — Intimate, restrained, atmospheric guitar] Your suitcase barely shuts beside you Mine’s got half my life inside Two cheap tickets, one-way boarding And a planet saying goodbye Through the glass the runway’s glowing White lights disappearing into blue Everybody’s waving at somebody I’m only looking at you [Pre-Hook — Heartbeat kick enters, synths slowly rising] They told us leaving meant losing Everything we used to know But maybe home was never somewhere Maybe home was who you chose [Hook — Huge soaring pop-rock/electronic lift] Take me on your starship Past the edge of everything Let the whole world disappear Till Earth is just a little thing Take me on your starship We don’t need to know where this ends If the universe is endless Then I wanna get lost in it with you No map No guarantee Just your hand reaching out for me Take me on your starship And don’t bring me back [Post-Hook — Bright synth arpeggio, airy solo vocal] Higher Higher Till the blue turns black [Verse 2 — More movement, drums driving forward] Gravity lets go without warning Your drink floats right out of the cup You start laughing like an idiot And I swear I’ve never loved you more than that We press our faces to the window Watch the continents disappear Everything that used to feel enormous Looks impossibly small from here [Pre-Hook — Vocal warmer, guitars widening] Maybe distance gives perspective Maybe leaving makes things clear Every version of myself I hated Looks a lot less heavy from up here [Hook — Bigger drums, soaring vocal] Take me on your starship Past the edge of everything Let the whole world disappear Till Earth is just a little thing Take me on your starship We don’t need to know where this ends If the universe is endless Then I wanna get lost in it with you No map No guarantee Just your hand reaching out for me Take me on your starship And don’t bring me back [Bridge — Beat drops, weightless piano and distant spacecraft ambience] There’s something strange about seeing home From this far away All those streets All those rooms All those people who tried to tell us What our lives were supposed to become And now it’s just one blue light Behind us You look at me and whisper— [Soft vocal] “Do you miss it?” [Pause] Not yet. [Build — Launch-like pulse accelerates, guitars and synths stacking] Engine burn Cabin lights Your fingers locked inside of mine Past the moon Past goodbye Into something neither one of us can name [Synthetic Voice] Trajectory confirmed. [Whisper] Then let it go. [High Note — Full band erupts] TAKE ME OUT OF THIS WOOOOORLD! [Final Hook — Massive euphoric climax, soaring solo tenor, no gang vocals] TAKE ME ON YOUR STARSHIP LET THE WHOLE SKY OPEN WIDE WE’VE SPENT TOO LONG BEING TOLD WHERE WE BELONG AND HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES Take me on your starship Every light ahead is new If there’s a billion worlds out there I only need one If it has you No map No guarantee No version of who we have to be Take me on your starship Past everything we knew [Final Lift — Half-time drums, sustained vocal] And if somebody asks where home is Tell them— [High Harmony] Somewhere out there With you [Outro — Synths drifting away, spacecraft hum, soft falsetto] Earth gets smaller behind us You fall asleep against my shoulder And for the first time I don’t care where we’re going.
