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“Forgotten Astronaut” is the 6th song in the album Q36, by The Rentals
The song is about Michael Collins, former astronaut, who was aboard the Apollo 11, the first mission to land on the moon.
Michael stayed at the command module for the Columbia spacecraft, while his colleagues, Neil Armstrong an...
[Verse 1]
We’re high above the tranquil sea
I take a big deep breath and set the Eagle free
[Chorus 1]
Oh, I know, what I know and I know it’s all up to me
But, I feel what I feel and I feel the history
[Verse 2]
Over two hundred thousand miles home
If the Eagle fails, I go back alone
[Chorus 1]
Oh, I know, what I know and I know it’s all up to me
But, I feel what I feel and yeah, I feel the history
[Post-Chorus]
They got names like superheroes, bigger than The Beatles or I could ever be
They got all the great one-liners, written in the schoolbooks for all eternity
[Verse 3]
They’re bouncing up and down in the tranquil sea
Three hundred million girls watch on TV
[Chorus 2]
Oh, I know, what I know and I know its just jealousy
But, I feel what I feel and I feel it endlessly
[Post-Chorus]
They got names like superheroes, bigger than The Beatles or I could ever be
They got all the great one-liners, written in the schoolbooks for all eternity
[Bridge]
We are waiting for connection, trans-Earth injection, three thousand degrees, yes
Splashdown, North Pacific Ocean; soon we will be home where Hornet waits for three, yeah
[Chorus 3]
Oh, I know what I know, as my parachutes released
Like peppermint candy we float in a blue-sky dream
Like “Starlite Mints” we move through the cotton sky
And the arms of the ocean are stretched out; open wide
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah, they got all the great one-liners, written in the schoolbooks for all eternity
They got names like superheroes, bigger than The Beatles or I could ever be
[Outro]
And now I’ve all but been forgotten, Forgotten Astronaut has been lost to history, yeah
Forgotten Astronaut was written by Matt Sharp.
Forgotten Astronaut was produced by Matt Sharp.
The Rentals released Forgotten Astronaut on Tue Nov 19 2019.