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My Brief Time As an Astronaut

by August Anthem

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1.
I'm a jumbled mess of words And conflicting desires All I do is sleep and think So why am I so tired? Why am I so tired? Hedge your bets against my lack Of better judgement, poise and tact I'm more inclined To press rewind Surround myself with bright ideas That burned out under my own heels Now all that's left Is deep regret Gaze upon that distant prize With silent stare and lustful eyes What I seek Will always be just outside my reach Time and time again I find You creeping softly through my mind I know you're gone A vagabond Someday you will move away From Glen Road South and I will stay Stuck in my tracks Those days are passed Bird and bear and hare and fish Give my love her fondest wish Upon a star You'll always have a piece of my heart I miss the way we used to be So much has changed, so rapidly Can we just stop for a minute? Breathe in the air surrounding us Forget about everything Remember when we used to sleep all day? Let our dreams take over us And take us far away? Breathe me in Let me get you high Place me on your tongue
2.
For just this moment Let's change our names and rewrite history To our own liking From fighting crime to solving mysteries Create a future That doesn't suck and isn't ruled by greed Where we can lie in the grass Kick off our shoes and smoke a little weed I've put a lot of thought in And I'm dizzy from the shots, you know This world's spinning beneath us and there's nothing that should keep us From enjoying it together Have you seen such lovely weather? Please don't let my mindless banter frighten you away... How about this instead? The future's where it's at I mean, come on! We'll take a space flight To sneak a peek on Planet Orbulon Plus, not to mention, Think of all the gadgets there will be! Can you say jetpacks?! Just stick with me, we'll blend in perfectly It's never too late To douse our past in leaded gasoline Send it up in flames I'm speaking from the heart, I'm coming clean
3.
Montage 03:25
Stay with me for one more night The last thing I want is to see you cry Everything's wrong, but we'll be just fine And I will not sleep tonight I'll hold you close, whisper goodbye Wipe away tears from your fragile eyes Silently praying and asking why You cannot sleep tonight Trust in me and take my hand I know this isn't what we had planned But close your eyes and we'll find a way Tomorrow promises better days Precious time went by so fast But girl, we made every moment last Memories of a distant past Will flood my mind tonight You can't outrun the future Tomorrow's come and gone You can't escape the sunlight From the breaking dawn So let's enjoy this sunset Before it gets too late I promise I'll come back for you If you say you'll wait for me
4.
While planet Earth sleeps We'll float high above the clouds Catching shooting stars Just like finger paints We'll carve our own constellations Into the night sky The people down below Will see the shine and feel the splendor Of our burning love Have you ever watched the fleeting phoenix Rise up from the ashes and take flight? Fearless and empowered by the sun The Milky Way seems Nothing but a speck of dust Guided by the wind If you just say the word Planet Orbulon and so much more Will be within our reach My life is now yours I'll carry you across the skyline To the edge of time Woah (x 123456789)
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Pax Romana 03:17
Your fleeting confidence And my lack of common sense Are waging war within our cores And leaving us for dead I cannot recognize My reflection in your eyes, girl My will is gone, we can't go on I wish we'd never met My trust has been withdrawn, dear The world has since moved on here Pax Romana's long since passed There's nothing left for us We need a little time To hang our love out to dry So with what little breath that I have left I'm choking back disgust
6.
Leafblower! 05:27
You don't fight fair, you know Tugging at my heartstrings The minute I start heading for the door Pulling me back into your arms When we both know damn well That just ain't where I belong, no These games that we're playing The day and night, one-sided firefight Is wearing me down, down, down But when all is said and done And I'm going through the motions Of the seasons without you by my side Well...it's strange...and nothing feels Quite like it did before So I'm saying, "Let me go!" My heart is in pieces My mind is in shackles A fork's in the road And I don't know which way to go Woah, oh oh oh oh oh (x3) Do you understand what you do? Your image is the nicotine Embedded in the drug of your love Dragging me back to that place Kicking and screaming, "I know I won't last on my own!" 'Cause I can't kick this habit I can feel the cancer cells Metastasizing deep in my brain And when all is said and done The sweet scent you left behind Is masked by toxic memories It's strange...and nothing feels Quite like it did before
7.
We each said what we had to say I never knew you felt that way Get out, I don't need you anymore Don't try to come crawling back Get too close and I'll attack You can show yourself to the door But despite the shit you put me through I manage to constantly fall back to you I'm sick of the games, always taking the blame Things have changed, but you're still the same Hurry up and pick a side I know which way to go this time I see through your bitter haze Built me up to watch me fall Did you even care at all? Or is love just another empty phrase?
8.
I'm over and out With knees to the floor I'm down for the count And I can't take much more Of the constant demand Of what you want me to be Now I'll take the stand And enter one final plea I remember (x3) Why do I feel so alone? Why can't this place feel like home? I'm surrounded by people I don't even know And I feel like my brain is about to implode Somewhere down the line, I went and fucked things up beyond repair Apologies are overdue with no time left to spare I woke up this morning to find My inspiration has run dry I've got so many questions inside my mind I know all the answers, but somehow I'm blind Locked and loaded, you're dressed to kill Poison potent, I've had my fill Aim those eyes straight at my heart and fire at will It's 3AM and I'm counting sheep I need you here to sing me to sleep But I'm sick, dying, dead From the words that you put in my head Whispered words lose their grace And gently float 'til they hit the ground But I'm sick, dying, dead From the words that you put in my head

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released May 4, 2012

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August Anthem Stony Brook, New York

We are four friends who love writing music that we hope everyone can relate to, just a little bit. Oh, and we would be absolutely nowhere without the help of our friends. Thank you, we love you all :)

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