AstroYou don’t take to classicsYour teachers know whyThey thought you’re a geniusBut wasting your timeOnly you and your classmateCould talk till it got late about orbits and stars
You know he was mortalBut part of him stayedYou talk with his momAt night, he keeps you awakeYou can’t be left to yourself nowYou need something else that can capture your heart
There’s war back in EuropeWe’re rallying menIn an army of soldiersYou’ve got paper and penIn your hut where you honed itYou know what they don’tIt’s not a shot in the dark
Return to your home after you cut the war shortThey know about your roommateGoing to take it to courtWell if that’s what you wantedThen now you can watch it as things fall apart
I shouldn’t be surprisedI know it always comes right back to youI’ve heard your name a thousand timesAnd poured over the things you write aboutEven with the timeWe’re all trying to catch up to youThere’s some things you just can’t take backWe’ll never have to think againOh, they can kill your mindAnd you can finish off your bodyBut a piece of you is in my hands nowEvery time I check my phone‘Cause nothing in this world can run without you watching overI know you never believed in soulsYet somehow you still feel so closeYou deserved the worldThey should have given it to you sooner‘Cause 2009 is 55 years too late to apologizeSo dream away the nightMachines that only you imagineMaybe one day we can all look backAnd laugh at just how right you were