Astronaut

She was on her way home, he was lyin' in wait

Insistance from others had never led her astray

She ended her day

Was persuaded by summer air to walk instead of gettin' the train

A decision so innocent, as innocent as she

Uncorrupted, so innocent and sweet

An innocence interrupted by an incident

A dissonance, two people so different in beliefs

She who came from the depths and ascended

Bumped into he who demented

Intent on inflicting the same pain that been led

And the decision made by he, for she had never consented

An unprovoked and most venomous attack

He took from her that which she can't get back

And left her with that, which she can't get rid of

Which is why whenever it's time for lift off she

She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoons

Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon

Dear God, I hope you haven't forgot

This young brave astronaut

A habit she never wanted

A pain she needed numbing

And she'd rather feel nothing than the pain

An evening she can't forget

Memories she can't stomach

Not for nothing but a needle in her vein

Friends she ignored till her phone stopped ringing

Till her door stopped knocking

Her door, she only opens to let him in

But she has no money so she lets him come

You can take that either way

A window she rarely opens so she can see the day

Her stove, she only uses to heat her spoon

For her the only way that she can reach the moon

She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoons

Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon

Dear God, I hope you haven't forgot

This young brave astronaut

Looking up, looking up, looking up

For the young brave astronaut

Give it up, give it up, give it up

For the young brave astronaut

I know that you're busy, but any time you got

God, please make a visit

To the young, to the young, to the young

To the young brave astronaut

She opens her window for a glimpse out

Heats a spoon over the stove

Feels a familiar sting and then slips out

With a window that isn't quite closed

With a window open and the stove still lit

Along with the rain came a gust of wind

Which blew the fire out

Gas still running and her still breathing the gas in

She builds a rocket out of stars in her spoon

Straps up, the only way to make it to the moon

Dear God, I hope you haven't forgot

This young brave astronaut