Astronauts

No one knows what the future holds what paths may lay ahead

Tomorrow is obscured by fog, the past cloaked in regret, oh ain't it boy

I've been sleeping behind the wheel I got drive but I only reverse

And I sing hoping I will get better but I always end up worse

Oh, I'm distracted by a daydream or I'm lost up in my head

I'm stuck searching for solutions for what hasn't happened yet

Gotta focus on my breathing, feel my feet inside my shoes

Gotta pull myself together to do all I gotta do, but it piles up

"How the hell did I wind up here?" - a new thought to torture my mind

Thought a break might help catch me up, but I've fallen so far behind. At least I tried

Still, I feel I'm losing skills that would get me back to the place I was before

Like every lesson I learned back then can't remember anymore

Oh when I'm down can't work on my plans when I'm up can't keep 'em straight

By the time I find my balance all I do is hesitate

Oh, I need some motivation bit of hope to pull me through

All I want might never happen but it's something to pursue. So I do

Last call rings and I stumble home end another wasted night

Been searching bottoms of bottles for some way to feel alright / tonight I don't

No, nights like these I'm an astronaut and my engine's dying fast

Cutting off all but life support - gotta make this spaceship last

So my darling, I am sorry, but I can't see you tonight

No, this sorrow is a minefield gotta navigate it right

Oh, but when I'm this upset there is some strength I always find

I guess suffering is creation when it happens in your mind

So let these verses be a promise I won't stay here my whole life

Gonna keep my spacesuit on until I touchdown and survive

And if you're lost somewhere out there in a spaceship of your own

Let these verses be a beacon that can guide our spirit home through the unknown