Space
Oddity
David Bowie
(1969)
ground control to Major Tom
ground control to Major Tom
take your protein pills and put your helmet on
ground control to Major Tom (10, 9, 8, 7, 6)
commencing countdown, engines on (5, 4, 3, 2)
check ignition and may God's love be with you (1.....liftoff)
this is ground control to Major Tom
you've really made the grade
and the papers want to know who's shirts you wear
now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
this is Major Tom to ground control
I'm stepping through the door
and I'm floating in a most peculiar way
and the stars look very different today
for here - am I sitting in a tin can far above the world?
planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...
though I'm past one hundred
thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
and I think my spaceship knows which way to go
tell my wife I love her very much (she knows)
ground control to Major Tom
your circuits dead - there's something wrong
can you hear me Major Tom?
can you hear me Major Tom?
can you hear me Major Tom?
can you hear me Major Tom?
(fade)
Fighting The Stall
Aimee Mann
(2004)
it's all right once you're in the air
just hope there's altitude and prayer
and if we survive the takeoff
the chances of accident are small
as long as there's some procedure
for fighting the stall
fighting the stall
so now we're drawing straws to see
just who will get the duty free
when you're on auto-pilot
and running on fumes and alcohol
the moment of truth deciding
fighting the stall
fighting the stall
and I'll go down in flames
just for the hell of it all
`cause I couldn't take
standing in place
waiting to fall
fighting the stall
fighting the stall
and so we'll attempt the landing
and spiral into a fireball
but there was the understanding
fighting the stall
(repeats)...
Faster
Than Light
Duran Duran
(1981)
oh-oh-oh
oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
why I see your face
moving in the aerospace
white light shining, you're all alone
scare of flying, `cos here we come
white light, homing in
the speed of light, moving in
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
you see ways by the door
holding over years before
white light shining bright, you're all alone
scare of flying, `cos here we come
white light, homing in
the speed of light, moving in
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
faster than light
Light Light Light Light Light
Light Light Light Light Light
Light Light Light Light Light
(repeat chorus)
Hello
Earth
Kate Bush
(1981)
"Columbia now nine times the speed of sound."
"Roger that, Dan, I've got a solid TACAN
locked on, uh, TACAN twenty-three."
"The, uh, tracking data, map data and pre-planned
trajectory are all one line on the block"
"Roger your block decoded recorded?"
hello, Earth
hello, Earth
with just one hand held up high
I can blot you out,
out of sight
peek-a-boo,
peek-a-boo, little Earth
with just my heart and my mind
I can be driving
driving home
and you asleep
on the seat
I get out of my car,
step into the night
and look up at the sky
and there's something bright,
traveling fast
just look at it go!
just look at it go!
[A choral passage in either Czech or Russian is sung
here.]
("Listen!")
hello, Earth
hello, Earth
watching storms
start to form
over America
can't do anything
just watch them swing
with the wind
out to sea.
all you sailors,
(get out of the waves! Get out of the
water!)
all life-savers,
(get out of the waves! Get out of the
water!)
all you cruisers,
(get out of the waves! Get out of the
water!)
all you fishermen,
head for home
go to sleep, little Earth
I was there at the birth
out of the cloudburst
the head of the tempest
murderer!
murder of calm
why did I go?
why did I go?
Tiefer, tiefer.
Irgendwo in der Tiefe
Gibt es ein licht.
go to sleep little Earth...
the world spins so fast, that I might fall off....
Sound of Thunder
Duran Duran
(1981)
I've been in this grass here
for the last 10 hours
my clothes are dirty
but my mouth isn't dry
how does it happen?
does it fly through the air?
oh I gave up asking days away...
I gave up asking
days away...
and now I'm lying here waiting for the sound of thunder
waiting for the sound of thunder
here I am
I'm a dotted line
cut me in the corners
put me through your door
I'm the man who stepped off the the path
and I just lie here
it's what I was meant for
and now my eyes are closing
but I still feel the land
leaning out for the touch of my hand
the world spins so fast that I might fly off
the world spins so fast that I might fly off
the world spins so fast that I might fly off
waiting for the sound of thunder
I'm waiting for the sound of thunder
I'm waiting for the sound of thunder
(to fade)
Planets Of
The Universe
Stevie Nicks
(2004)
the bright light is lying down
the earth and the sea and the sky
is at rest with the ocean
and the days go by
they go into the seas that have no shores
haunted by that same closed door
looking up at skies on fire
leaving nothing left of us
to discover
and the planets of the universe go their way
not astounded by the sun or the moon or by the day
you and I will simply disappear out of sight
but I'm afraid soon there'll be no light
no doubt, no pain
come ever again, well
let there be light in this lifetime
in the cool, silent moments of the nighttime
and the planets of the universe go their way
not astounded by the sun or the moon or by the day
we will never change again
the way that we are changing
well, you'll forget the chill of love
but not the strain
now I know
well, I was wrong
to live for a dream
if I had my life to live over
I would never dream, no
I still wish you gone
and I will live alone
yes, I will live alone
and the planets of the universe go their way
(I know you don't believe)
not astounded by the sun or the moon or by the day
(I know you don't believe)
you and I will simply disappear out of sight
but I'm afraid soon there'll be no light
you will never love again
the way you loved me
you will never rule again
the way you ruled me
you will never change again
the way you're changing
Lost In Space
Aimee Mann
(2003)
lost in space
a bubble drifting into a place
where planets shift and the moon's erased
its features lifting the glare
but I'm the stuff of happing endings
though mostly bluff
the waves suspending
but close enough
for just pretending to care
and I'm pretending to care
when I'm not even there
gone but I don't know where
but she's the face
and I'm the double
who keeps the pace
and clears the rubble
and lost in space
fills up the bubble with air
by just pretending to care
like I'm not even there
gone but I don't know where...
you split like a cell
and then can not tell
the line from it's parallel
so baby beware...
I'm just pretending to care
like I'm not even there
gone but I don't know where
gone but I don't know where
gone but I don't know where
Absolutely Barking Stars
Maria McKee
(1996)
her
apron strings are trailing out like sparks
her comet tail is whipping, slicing up the dark
I’m her
twin
I live in the other half
I’m tearing at the seam but it never comes apart
and we’ve a chain to keep alive
it’s all this noise that makes us thrive
I’ve tried to trap her in my head
but she knows where the light comes in
and those rays love to make her spin
and she’s wound up
shooting off
burning out
tearing up the midnight heart
whoa whoa
stayed alive
stayed alive so far
it’s alright
we know what we are
absolutely barking stars
the bitch is quick I’ve tried to trip her up
she is full of tricks
and blends so sticky in my blood
but she can fly
and I can only run from everything and after her
I’m wired and tired and full of holes
and she plays Pandora with my soul
I’ll never let her go...
it’s so quiet here without her
I don’t wanna feel myself
and she’s wound up
shooting off
burning out
tearing up the midnight heart
whoa whoa
stayed alive
stayed alive so far
it’s alright
we know what we are
absolutely barking stars
(repeat)
Nightmare Girl
Aimee Mann
(2003)
I'm
distilling everything she
said into a potion
but it's always going to my head in slow motion
oh nightmare girl
things are getting weirder at the speed of light
nightmare girl
all this fever dreaming kills my appetite
for another restless night
when she wanted me to exercise her self possession
and I'm failing that she wanted lies and their dissection
oh nightmare girl
things
are getting weirder at the speed of light
nightmare girl
all this fever dreaming kills my appetite
for another restless night
I'm on a train to Brooklyn
I'm on the IRT
I gotta think I'm saving the day
I get a call at midnight
I get a call at three
I gotta go and make it okay....
`cause things are getting weirder at the speed of light
nightmare
girl
all this fever dreaming kills my appetite
nightmare girl
things are getting weirder...
things are getting weirder...
things are getting weirder...
Is There
Life
On Mars?
David Bowie
(1971)
it's a god-awful small affair
to the girl with the mousy hair
but her mommy is yelling
"No!"
and her daddy has told her to go
but her friend is nowhere to be seen
now she walks
through her sunken dream
to the seat with the clearest view
and she's hooked to the silver screen
but the film is a saddening bore
for she's lived it
ten times or more
she could spit in the eyes of fools
as they ask her to focus on
sailors fighting in the dance hall
oh man!
look at those cavemen go
it's the freakiest show
take a look at the lawman
beating up the wrong guy
oh man!
wonder if he'll ever know
he's in the best selling show
is there life on Mars?
it's on Amerika's tortured brow
that Mickey Mouse
has grown up a cow
now the workers
have struck for fame
`cause Lennon's on sale again
see the mice in their million hordes
from Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
rule Britannia is out of bounds
to my mother, my dog, and clowns
but the film is a saddening bore
`cause I wrote it ten times or more
it's about to be writ again
as I ask you to focus on
sailors fighting in the dance hall
oh man!
look at those cavemen go
it's the freakiest show
take a look at the lawman
beating up the wrong guy
oh man!
wonder if he'll ever know
he's in the best selling show
is there life on Mars?
dring-dring-dring
[Mind the phone]
Anyone Out There?
Duran Duran
(1981)
I never found out
what made you leave
and now the day's over
just an hour to go
well I tried to phone last night
but you never answered
just left me ringing on the
line
outside....
is there anyone out there,
anyone else outside?
whoa, outside there
is there anyone out there,
anyone else outside?
my face in the mirror
shows a break in time
a crack in the ocean
that does not align
I tried to sleep last night
but I've caught your dreaming
about days we used to wander away
outside...
is there anyone out there,
anyone else outside?
whoa, outside there?
is there anyone out there,
anyone else outside?
look out of the window
maybe you can call by my name
another light over, babe
another light comes on in vein
I tried to phone last night
but you never answered
just left me ringing in the air
is there
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
anyone out there?
Dog And
Butterfly
Heart
(written 1981, live version played here is from the 90s)
there I was with the old man
stranded again so off I'd ran
my young world crashing around me
no possibilities of getting what I need
he looked at me and smiled
said no, no, no, no, oh child
see the dog and butterfly
up in the air he like to fly
the
dog and butterfly
below she has to try
but
she roll back down
to the warm soft ground laughing
though
she don't know why
she don't know why
dog and butterfly
I stumbled upon your secret place
safe in the trees you had tears on your face
wrestling with your desires
frozen strangers stealing your fires
the message hit my mind
only words that I could find...
see the dog and butterfly
up in the air he like to fly
the dog and butterfly
below she has to try
but
she roll back down to the warm soft ground
laughing up to the sky
up to the sky
dog and butterfly
we're getting older and the world's getting colder
for the life of me I don't know the reason why
maybe it's livin' making us give in
hearts rolling in then taken back on the tide
we're balanced together ocean upon the sky
another night in a strange town
oh moonlight hold me light is down
voice of confusion inside of me
keep on begging to go back where I'm free
feels like I'm through
then the old man's words are true...
see the dog and butterfly
up in the air he like to fly
the
dog and butterfly
below she has to try
but she roll back down to the warm soft ground
with a little tear in her eye
she had to try
she had to try
dog and butterfly
yeah, up in the air he like to fly
the dog and butterfly
below she has to try
but she roll back down to the warm soft ground
with a little tear in her eye
she had to try
she had to try
dog and butterfly
I'm
With Her
Rhett Miller
(2006)
this is a girl on a
different planet
in a constellation far away
we are in love
and you can't deny
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
living alone, living all
alone
in a black hole I call Hollywood
looking for love that I could not find
I had a dream
that she would orbit `round me
in her heavenly body hovering
we were in love
and I closed my eyes
now I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
I was underground
I found her
a whole new world I could put my troubles in
you left miles above the earth
until you came down
to bring me home again
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
we will be wed
and we will procreate
and examine life on another plain
we are in love with the big blue sky
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
I'm with her
sha-la-la-la
Ice
Age
Pete Yorn
(2006)
when winter comes
along these shores
old hollywood
we're knocking down
we're sifting through
we are the actual tigers
when winter comes
they leave behind us
throw your arms around my neck
and hold me tightly
there's a lot that we will get
I'm asking you...
let your diamond bracelet fall
over the ice age
over the ice age
those summer years
we'd follow them
in light of day
in light of us
we'll see it through
when they're playing our song
those summer years
have long since gone
throw your arms around my neck
and whisper softly
of a thing that we will get
I'm asking you
let your diamond bracelet fall
over the ice age
over the ice age
I want to go back
I want to go back
in future times
we'll hold it closer
imagining
we weren't older
yet, through it all
they'll be playing our song
throw your arms around my neck
and whisper softly
of a thing that we will get
I'm asking you...
let your diamond bracelet fall
over the ice age (x 7)
I want to go back (x 6)
I want to go back...
The Scientist (live)
[Coldplay cover]
Aimee Mann
(2004)
come up to meet you
tell you I'm sorry
you don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
tell you I need you
tell you I set you apart
tell me your secrets
and ask me your questions
oh lets go back to the start
running in circles, coming up tails
heads on a silence apart
nobody said it was easy
oh its such a shame for us to part
nobody said it was easy
but no one ever said it would so hard
I'm going back to the start
I was just guessing
at numbers and figures
pulling your puzzles apart
questions of science
science and progress
do not speak as loud as my heart
so tell me you love me
come back and haunt me
oh and I rush to the start
running in circles, chasing our tails
coming back as we are
nobody said it was easy
oh it's such a shame for us to part
nobody said it was easy
no one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
it's such a shame
it's such a shame
Solace
a-ha
(2003)
some sign of
forgiveness
some form of release
is all that she asks for
is all that she needs
she waits for the day when
she feels more at ease
some time to be cared for
some time left in peace
cold stars of the future
burn bright in the past
these moments of solace
they won't last
they don't last
you're wasting the moment
biding your time
no one got ahead
standing in line
so something is over
before it's begun
so close you can taste it
but now it is gone
cold stars of the future
burn bright in the past
these moments of solace
they don't last
they cannot last
you're hoping for solace
well, just look around
everyone here is
standing in line
Meteor
Shower
Rhett Miller
(2006)
love gets you in the gut
takes the top off of your head
and makes you wish that you were dead
drugs help but not enough
take the lid off of your mind
and scoop out everything you'll find
meteor shower
meteor shower
I cannot make life un-so-burned out
I know where you are
I cannot believe how much it hurts
I'm a falling star
time sneaks up from behind
puts you six feet underground
while the world keeps spinning 'round
meteor shower
meteor shower
I cannot make life un-so-burned out
I know where you are
I cannot believe how much it hurts
I'm a falling star
meteor shower
meteor shower
I cannot make life un-so-burned out
I know where you are
I cannot believe how much it hurts
I'm a falling star
I cannot make un-so-burned out
I know where you are
I cannot believe how much it hurts
I'm a falling star
love gets you in the gut
takes the top off of your head
and makes you wish that you were...
Love Hurts (live)
[Everly
Brothers cover]
Heart
(1995)
love hurts
love scars
love wounds
in heart
any heart
not tough
or strong enough
to take a lot of pain
take a lot of pain
love is like a flower
it holds a lot of rain
love hurts
love hurts
I'm young
I know
but even so
I know a thing or two
I've learned from you
I've really learned a lot
I really learned a lot
love is like a flame
it burns you when it's hot
love hurts
love hurts
some who dream of happiness
blissfulness
togetherness
some who fool themselves, I guess
will tell you that it's real
but I know, I know it isn't true
I know it isn't true
love is just a plot
made to make you blue
love hurts
love hurts
love hurts
love hurts
Time
And Again
a-ha
(2003)
the sun brought me
the moon caught me
the wind fought me
the rain got me
the road sent me
for years bent me
the stars overwhelmed me
time and again
but now I can't see the stars
the star is a thing I can't see
and now I don't feel the same
to feel is a thing that can't be
earth crushed me
fame brushed me
the streets hushed me
as life touched me
time placed me
events dazed me
love saved me
now and again
but now there can be no love
love is a thing that can't be
and now there can be no trust
trust is a thing I can't see
but now there can be no love
love is a thing that can't be
now I can't be so strong
strong is a thing I can't be
be....
time and again
time and again
the sun brought me...
And Dream of Sheep
Kate Bush
(1981)
little lights shining
little lights will guide them to me
My face is all lit up
My face is all lit up
if they find me racing white horses
they'll not take me for a buoy.
let me be weak, let me sleep and dream of sheep
oh I'll wake up to any sound of engines
every gull a seeking craft
I can't keep my eyes open
wish I had my radio
I'd tune into some friendly voices
talking 'bout stupid things
I can't be left to my imagination
let me be weak, let me sleep and dream of sheep
ooh, their breath is warm,
and they smell like sleep
and they say they take me home
like poppies, heavy with seed
they take me deeper and deeper
Lay Me Down Tonight
Morten Harket
(1996)
lay me down tonight I'm falling deep
I am tired, now I'll sleep
so close my eyes
and take me in a leep to the night
like wind
I leave my body, leave my soul
so lay me down
Father, Lord
lay me down tonight, my heart is weak
much you've given, much you see
I'll fall into a sea of sleepers
sea of dreams so red and deep
I'll leave my spirit, leave my worlds
so lay me down, Mother Earth
lay me down tonight
I'm giving in
let the works of life begin
your works of chaos
loads of pain
creation Lord, in your own paint
Word to flesh, and flesh to earth
Father, Lord; Mother, Earth
Dead to the World
Jon Brion
(2001)
are
you dead to the world?
it appears that you might be
a little dead to the world
or at least a bit to all of those
who have shown a true affection
you make a mess of those
who will care without exception
as you pile drive through anything that stands
in your way or blocks your view
are you dead to the world?
I've gotta wonder if you are
a little dead to the world
with a reflex that is uncontrolled
it's the only explanation
unless you're just as cold
as they say and just as calculating
using and debilitating those
who can see the good in you
lost sight of it
I made light of it
everyone makes mistakes
we fell by the wayside
we fell out of place
I wish I could say that we'd fallen from grace
but we never made it to that place
White Dwarf
a-ha
(2005)
There's a big black picture and it's
hanging on your wall
With stars and all the planets
The Milky Way and all
And in the left hand corner
Perhaps a small white dwarf
Ready to explode, implode
I really can't recall
But it's out there
And I'm down here
And so far from it all
Everything's expanding in a constant state of change
Everything's demanding in a constant state of pain
You radiate awake your last remaining heat
Your atmosphere is blown away when you admit defeat
But it's out there (don't know where we are)
And I'm down here (don't know why we are)
And so far from it all
Your time...
Your grace...
Your story...
Your place...
Your lifespan...
Erased...
There's a big black picture and it's hanging off your wall
The stars and all the planets
The Milky Way and all
And in the left hand corner
Perhaps a small white dwarf
Ready to explode, implode
I really can't recall
But it's out there (don't know where we are)
And I'm down here (don't know why we are)
And so far from it all
Walking On The Milky Way
Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark
(2001)
when I was only seventeen
my head was full of brilliant dreams
my heart would call and I would gladly go
at twenty one the world was mine
and I was yours and you're divine
and nothing else would matter to us so
I don't believe in destiny
I don't believe in love
I don't believe that anything will ever be enough..
man you should have seen us
on the way to Venus
walking on the milky way
it was quite a day hey hey..
walking on the big stuff
acting like we're real tough
baby we were on our way
so what do you say hey hey.
as time goes by reality
destroys your hope and dignity
there's nothing left but writing on the wall
but just remember who you are
and where you've been you've come so far
and never ever let them see you fall
I don't believe in miracles
I don't believe in truth
I don't believe that anything can recreate your youth
man you should have seen us
on the way to Venus
walking on the milky way
it was quite a day hey hey..
walking on the big stuff
acting like we're real tough
baby we were on our way
so what do you say hey hey
man you should have seen us
on the way to Venus
walking on the milky way
it was quite a day hey hey..
walking on the big stuff
acting like we're real tough
baby we were on our way
so what do you say hey hey
Minor Earth,
Major Sky (reprise)
a-ha
(2000)