Shooting Star
[Intro] hey did you see that [Verse 1] Stepped outside at 2 AM barefoot on the concrete cold something burning through the atmosphere older than anything I've been told Caught it with the corner of my eye gone before I turned my head but I swear the sky just winked at me or maybe that was something else instead I don't chase things anymore but tonight I almost ran stood there with my neck bent back a small and wondering man [Pre-Chorus] What are you where'd you come from what'd you leave behind to burn this bright [Chorus] Shooting star don't stop for me you got somewhere to be and so do I Shooting star we're both just passing beautiful and burning through the night You were rock and ice and silence a million miles of nothing then one second — flash — and everything shooting star shooting star don't you ever wonder what it's like to land [Verse 2] They say you're just debris friction, heat, and atmosphere cosmic junk on a collision course disappearing year by year But I've seen enough of ordinary to know that ain't the whole story something about the way you fell felt less like dying more like glory I've been carrying weight for so long I forgot I could let it go maybe burning through the dark is the only way to glow [Pre-Chorus] What are you where'd you come from what'd you leave behind to burn this bright [Chorus] Shooting star don't stop for me you got somewhere to be and so do I Shooting star we're both just passing beautiful and burning through the night You were rock and ice and silence a million miles of nothing then one second — flash — and everything shooting star shooting star don't you ever wonder what it's like to land [Bridge — psychedelic break] *(spoken / half-rapped, over warped keys and wah-wah)* everybody's looking up but nobody's looking in the universe inside your chest is where it all begins you think you need a destination you think you need a plan but the star that burned the brightest never knew where it would land just burned just burned just burned [Rap Verse] I've been a slow burn my whole life waiting for the right conditions never gave myself permission to just go — no intermission but you don't ask the sky for clearance you don't file a flight plan with the stars you just ignite and leave a streak of light from here to wherever you are so call me debris if you want to call me friction, call me falling something in me heard the cosmos and I swear it felt like calling burn bright burn short burn true burn now the shooting star don't ask it just goes and how [Final Chorus] Shooting star don't stop for me you got somewhere to be and so do I Shooting star we're both just passing beautiful and burning through the night You were rock and ice and silence a million miles of nothing then one second — flash — and everything shooting star shooting star maybe that's enough just to burn just to burn [Outro] *vinyl crackle returns* hey did you see that gone already gone but I saw it I saw it *fade to static*
