Grieves, Slug - Astronauts lyrics

We used to fly around the
World in a cardboard box
Now you're waiting for the bus trying
To fit in with the flock different socks
On one hand you've got a wild imagination
And on the other, is man against the clock
It never stops
We used to look up at the clouds
And see shapes now the only thing
We see in 'em is rain, it's not the same
Cause after all the giant dragons disappeared
The only battle left to fight
Was with your chains, cut 'em loose
I liked it better when our dreams were real
We respected what it was to feel
Nobody ever put a limit on the things
That that made the littlest of kings
Seem strong enough to cut through steel
Grip the wheel
It's a windy little road you paved
It's a shame you had to lose that light
Cause if it wasn't for the blanket fort
Walls and the bumps in the night
You'd be nothing but a string without a kite

You're not the astronaut you used to be
Ain't it shame that you couldn't keep
The starlight in your eyes?
You're not the hero that you used to be
Fading away until you're falling out the sky

We used to sail around the
World in a porcelain tub
Now we fill it to the brim and
Try to wash away the mud, it isn't us
In one world you got a wide
Eyed adventure in the other
Is a person giving up, it never jumps
We used to play connect the
Dots with the stars
Now we try to make a connection in bars
It's getting hard cause after every little
Planet's been exploded
It's impossible to find out where you are
I take it home
I miss the feeling of a brand-new start
What it meant to be a child at heart
No matter how it was explained
It always felt like if
I wanted to I could've built a
City in my own backyard, disembark
You don't have to be a kid to believe
Or see potential in a pile of leaves
If it wasn't for them deep sea dives
Or the whisper from the trees you'd be
Nothing but a want without a need

You're not the astronaut you used to be
Ain't it shame that you couldn't keep
The starlight in your eyes?
You're not the hero that you used to be
Fading away until you're falling out the sky

I remember you were stuck in a half-empty cup
You studied the sun like it
Was meant to touch, got to clutch
It's not enough to escape like the duck's
Cause they always come back to the muck
Struggle from a brush with luck so
We could judge your guts like
"You still on that such and such?"
They can cut the budget but the puppet struts
On two crutches over drums that
Rush like busted nuts
It's too much now, you want to strike like
The light without the thunder
Wonder whatcha doing uptown
You delivering nothing but love
But can't seem to catch a dream
When fishing from up above
I don't believe that there's a bad bet
Cause everybody's gonna breathe
That last breath
But the things you write, got wings for life
It's the freedom flight
That's how we sleep at night

You're not the astronaut you used to be
Ain't it shame that you couldn't keep
The starlight in your eyes?
You're not the hero that you used to be
Fading away until you're falling out the sky