Solar System

from 1 Take Zeroisms by San Joaquin

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Afloat in outer space now
I'm fine I've got my own place now
It's a small and desolate world far from my sibling planets
But I make believe it shines, my home of iron and granite

We pass from time to time yeah
When our orbits fall in a line yeah
But I'm always pulled apart by family gravitation
We keep our distance for fear of annihilation

Everyone thinks they know the composition of the other's atmosphere
Everyone fails to see their calculations are just written in the mirror

Though we share a solar system we are light years apart

I left as Earth stopped turning
The sun was barely burning
But the ones I love the most did not seem to notice
So I quit trying to articulate my motives

My new night sky is gaping
My oxygen's escaping
From the eyepiece of your telescope it must look awful
From the eyepiece of mine I see your disapproval

Everyone thinks they know the composition of the other's atmosphere
Everyone fails to see their calculations are just written in the mirror

Though we share a solar system we are light years apart
Though we share a solar system we are light years apart

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from 1 Take Zeroisms, released January 6, 2013

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