Blast You Off

All My Heroes
Bahnhof Enge/Bederstrasse
Blast You Off
Take Me Higher
What Did You Know (And When Did You Know It?)
Love Under the Sun
Gemini 5
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long Haired Men
End Transmission (Pts I & II)

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Lyrics

All My Heroes

Are the astronauts singing a song
High in the skies tonight?
Is your head so heavy 
It pulls you down and down

What’s the gravity at this moment?
When the dark sky of night begins to go indigo?
The very moment the dark sky of night begins to go indigo
The very moment the dark sky of night begins to go indigo

I hear it’s really very lovely in space
Floating around nothing to hold you in place
Sun … moon … earth … stars …
Interstellar phantom riding by in his car

Oh all my heroes
Oh all my heroes … 
Are dead or dying, 
They’re dead or dying 

And are the earthlings all singing a song
Around the fire tonight?
Are their feet so light
They never touch the ground

What’s the magic at this moment?
When the dark sky of night begins to go indigo?
The very moment the dark sky of night begins to go indigo
The very moment the dark sky of night begins to go indigo

I hear it’s really very lovely in space
Floating around nothing to hold you in place
Sun … moon … earth … stars …
Interstellar phantom riding by in his car

Oh all my heroes
Oh all my heroes … 
Are dead or dying, 
They’re dead or dying

Bahnhof Enge / Bederstrasse

Look we haven’t much time
To discuss all my recent crimes, oh no
But the game of love is never fair
They rewrite the rules everywhere, for you and I

What was up is suddenly down
Left is right, a smile a frown, oh no
It doesn’t matter what they say
Let the cards lie where they may, for you and I 

I want you to stay, I want you to stay
But I can’t look at your face, and I can’t say your name
I want you to stay, I want you to stay
But I can’t look at your face
Sun’s in my eyes …

We’ve found ourselves in a bind
Let’s you and me look for a sign, oh no
If you said run you know I’d go
Through rain or sleet or wind or snow, for you and I

The promise we’d be safe from this
Evaporated into mist, oh no
And so we’re on the run again
Maybe they’ll overlook these sins, for you and I 

I want you to stay, I want you to stay
But I can’t look at your face, and I can’t say your name
I want you to stay, I want you to stay
But I can’t look at your face
Sun’s in my eyes …

Blast You Off

I bet I know just where you wanna go
By that look on your face, we’re heading out to deep space
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Countdown commencing, imminent dancing
Let your freak flag fly, up high in the night sky
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Have you got enough fuel?

Oh Captain my Captain, it’s this alien faction
They’re giving chase, let’s escape back to our home base
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Communication is down, in this off-world town
Try to up-link the code, it’ll lead us to the mother lode
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
If you’ve got enough fuel

Have you got enough fuel?
Have you got enough fuel to fly tonight?

You’re in a funk, intergalactic punk
I know what you need, just shut up and follow my lead
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Phasers set to stun, oh now isn’t that fun?
Morality sure is a bitch, when you’ve got the seven year itch
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Have you got enough fuel?

Where did you go, you put that shit up your nose 
You’re still chasing a dream, but you don’t know its meaning
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
Five, four, three, two, one, blast off
Let’s roll the dice, let’s see who has the last laugh
Blast you off, I’ll blast you off, blast you off
If you’ve got enough fuel

Have you got enough fuel?
Have you got enough fuel to fly tonight?

Come on let’s blast away
You and me, let’s blast away

Take Me Higher

(We don’t …)
Advertise
Glamorize
Weaponize
Vandalize
Patronize
Overemphasize
(We don’t …)
Plagiarize, jeopardize, lobotomize

(We don’t …)
Pull it, roll it, smoke it
(We don’t …)
Buy it, try it, bet on it
(We don’t …)
Push it, tush it, kush it
(We don’t …)
Sow it, loan it, own it
(We don’t …)

Higher, (now) take me higher
Higher, now bring me down

(We don’t …)
Chastise
Fraternize
Burglarize
Circumcise
Traumatize
Revolutionize
(We don’t …)
Demoralize, politicize, scandalize

(We don’t …)
Drink it, think it, believe it
(We don’t …)
Say it, pray it, delay it
(We don’t …)
Share it, carry it, marry it, 
(We don’t …)
Raise it, fail it, inhale it
(We don’t …)

Higher, (now) take me higher
Higher, now bring me down

What Did You Know (And When Did You Know It?)

We used to play
Where I’d be the dad
And you’d be the mom
And I’d come home from work
And find you at the kitchen sink
And I’d you kiss on the cheek
As you hand me a drink 

Things used to be
So simple, utterly
But then we woke up
And now this is our life
Some may call it a curse
Yeah we’re husband and wife
Though it’s for better or worse

Oooh what did you know?
And when did you know it?
What did you know? What did you know?
And when did you know it? When did you know it?

We used to play
Where I’d be the dad
And you’d be the mom
And I’d come home from work
And find you at the kitchen sink
And I’d kiss you on the cheek
As you hand me a drink

I don’t know when
I stopped loving you
Or you me
Cuz the forecast looked so good
But the bubble finally burst
Sure, the signs were all there
But who knows who knew it first?

Oooh what did you know?
And when did you know it?
What did you know? What did you know?
And when did you know it? When did you know it?

Take the ‘L’ out of lover and it’s over

Was the fix already in? 
What did you know, and when did you know it?

Love Under the Sun

I don’t know, guess I’m too busy
Got a lot going on with my job right now
Yeah sure you could say I’m emotionally unavailable
But I guess what I mean is, with all the shit that’s going on in the world and all

Who could really expect any of us to
Collaborate? Cohabitate?
The white picket fence and all the rest that, mmm, goes with it
Having babies, more babies, but I gotta know

Why can’t I find love under the sun?

Havin’ babies, havin’ babies, havin’ babies, havin’ babies
Havin’ babies, havin’ babies, then we’ll have some more
…
Who could really expect any of us to
Collaborate? Cohabitate?
Their droppin’ bombs on our head
And we’re just fucking, mmm, in our bed
Makin’ babies, more babies, but I wanna know

Why can’t I find love under the sun?

Gemini 5

Space man … oooh ooh
Space man … oooh ooh

Eight days or bust they said
Eight days stuck inside a garbage can
Eight days or bust they said
Eight days stuck inside a garbage can

No sky, no ground, just the stars drifting by
Shivering in the cold dead of space
The false dawn of the Zodiac
Sunlight dancing in the interplanetary dust

Space man high in the sky
Can you tell us what heaven looks like
Space man high in the sky
Can you tell us what heaven looks like

Where the gegenschein shines faintly bright
The anti-solar point in the sky
Mark this position with sidereal time
I’ll find you dancing in the interplanetary dust

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long Haired Men

David,
On another planet praying
Is a soul worth saving?
Save it for me

And David,
Wondering what song’s playing
The words don’t say anything
But play it for me

What you say, there
The things that can’t be said in words
Melody and movement 
Oh, say it to me

Awaken
The ghosts that live inside you
Let the demons rest though
And send them to me

And we do it for love …

The truth is
We’re arriving and departing
Arriving and departing
In the blink of an eye

The universe
Empty and indifferent
Cares not for reverence
There is no big lie

And we do it for love …

All cliches are true
All cliches are true
Even the one about God
Even the one about God

End Transmission (Pts. I & II)

Synthetic love for the good of all mankind
I can’t do that, oh you naive creation
Pistol shot, shot the lock, we’re lost in time
Alarm is sounded, sirens wailing, end transmission

Fabric’s torn for the sake of exploration
I can’t do that, I’m deep in the space between
Stay the course, oh of course we’ve just begun
Alarm is sounded, sirens wailing, end transmission

We’re flying blind at the speed of light
We’ve lost our minds at the speed of light
We look for signs at the speed of light
We’re out of time at the speed of light

System’s down, life support is failing
I can’t beat that, we’re in a fantastic light
Such a waste in this haste, the mission secret
Alarm is sounded, sirens wailing, end transmission

I’m floating away …