Lyrically, the song evokes a sense of spirituality, transcendence, and the power of connection. This ethereal and otherworldly quality is reflected in the gentle acoustics and ethereal keys that sound like floating in space in search of meaning, but also in the title “Astral Jacket.”
The term “astr...
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[Verse 1]
God walks into the room softly
You feel it when you hear that sound
Oh, God talks
Motions to you casually
Motions to you blissfully
[Chorus]
Oh, and if you let it
In the blink of an eye
You can feel so fine
You can lose all track of time
In the blink of an eye
You can feel it
You can move in light divine
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[Verse 2]
Sheila
I come at you sideways
When yesterday's come looking for me
But Sheila
You're whispering to me
It's heavenly
[Chorus]
In the blink of an eye
You feel so fine
You move in light divine
In the blink of an eye
You feel it
You lose all track of time
[Chorus]
In the blink of an eyе
You can let yourself go
You lose all track of timе
In the blink of an eye
The skip of a heart
The skip of a heart
[Instrumental Outro]
Astral Jacket was written by Britt Daniel.
Astral Jacket was produced by Mark Rankin & Spoon.
Spoon released Astral Jacket on Fri Feb 11 2022.
This started as some lost acoustic recording I found, from who knows when—me doing maybe five or six takes of this idea after I had this initial spark of inspiration. I wasn’t sure where to go with it and I tried it a bunch of different ways, but then one night, we had quite a time in Austin. We wen...