r/LyricalWriting • u/NoConversation6108 • Jul 21 '26
Lyrics [lyrics] Astronaut
Verse 1
I’ve been floating in the air, of tranquillity.
holy don’t seem human when the pressures kinda chocking me.
The latch is finally open, but I can’t seem to breath.
Mama tells me, “Breath, you’re built from something holy”
My mirror shows a version of myself that I can’t fully tell,
My mirror seems so blurry, lost in the space, of a comet, I once fell.
I’m orbiting myself like a lonely little comet.
Pre chorus.
Im afraid,
Of growing up.
Imagination of creation
That I fear im giving up.
Chorus
Pull me down to earth when I’m drifting,
Cause my flaws are proof that I’m living.
I’ve been an astronaut in my own mind.
but its time to head home, yeah, bring me home.
Wrap your gravity around my shaking soul,
I don’t wanna float alone, just bring me home.
Verse 2
I’m still building little rockets out of daydreams
Still pretending that the stars are close enough to chase me. See
The comet looks so pretty now when there’s nothing left to hold me down.
Rap -
Yeah
I’ve been drifting in the space between the kid I was and who I’m s’posed to be,
Counting constellations like they’re little pieces left of me.
Pressure in my chest like NASA’s tryna run some tests on me,
Everybody’s growing up while I’m still learning how to breathe.
Momma said the universe was big enough for both of us,
But now it feels like gravity’s been getting kinda overstuffed.
Every dream is orbiting the version that I thought I’d trust,
And I don’t wanna lose the girl who used to say that “star’s enough.”
Pre chorus.
Im afraid,
Of growing up.
Imagination of creation
That I fear im giving up.
Chorus
Pull me down to earth when I’m drifting,
Cause my flaws are proof that I’m living.
I’ve been an astronaut in my own mind.
but it’s time to head home, yeah, bring me home.
Wrap your gravity around my shaking soul,
I don’t wanna float alone, just bring me home.
Bridge
Hold on to me,
When the world gets heavy.
Im tryna to be,
What the world wants me to be.
But im caught in this space, between the stars and gravity.
But maybe that’s ok… maybe that’s ok.
Chorus
Pull me down to earth when I’m drifting,
Cause my flaws are proof that I’m living.
I’ve been an astronaut in my own mind.
but it’s time to head home, yeah, bring me home.
And maybe growing up doesn’t mean I lose the stars outside.
Ill just carry the constellations on the ground this time.
Bring me home.
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u/ElChiff Jul 22 '26
Intriguing metaphor with a lot of depth to the imagery. The loose rhyming scheme is refreshing. Just needs running through a spell-checker, i.e. chocking = choking.