This is the B-side to “Funeral Pyre” released on Matador Records.
Distant Solar Systems puts the world into perspective, analysing how the Earth is so small in comparison to the rest of the universe.
It compares this insignificance in the universe to the insignificance of individuals against the po...
Distant solar systems and all the minor planets
Know nothing of our satellites and 747s
Fireworks that recreate the birth of constellations
Dying suns that laugh at shotgun powder imitations
When I am a sailor, and the sky, a pitch-black ocean
I'll look down at my bleeding heart and wish I were a Vulcan
It's Byzantine structures, churches in Rome
All of our treasure of oil and gold
All of the empires crumble in stone
Great architecture gilded in chrome
God and I, we correspond with intermittent letters
I send postcards from the road, and now and then he answers
Echoes northern city-states, and all the mighty kingdoms
Head of sewing needles on an unending horizon
I knew the words you sing before you
Ever thought to sing them
You call yourself a bastard
And I love you like an orphan
'Cause great men of science and literature
Don't impress me, what can I offer?
Because I am a chisel in your hand
Screaming at marble from a microphone stand
Distant Solar Systems was written by Julien Baker.
Distant Solar Systems was produced by Calvin Lauber.
Julien Baker released Distant Solar Systems on Fri Mar 17 2017.