Once* I knew nothing of the world So I picked up a little boys dream And aspired to become an astronaut 8 years I trained And wished that my dream Would evolve into reality
And one day it did Reality hit me like a bomb For what I had gotten into, Was 18 years in that spaceship And in that time My eyes witnessed things unimaginable Supernovas, Black holes And burning rocks falling to earth My knowledge began to grow And I was no longer young and ignorant But my time in the light was almost over It was time to go home and there was still so much i didn't know
So I jumped out of my space ship And learned the way of the stars I danced on the rings of Saturn And rode on comets until they evaporated away
The universe became my friend So she gave me her biggest secret It sat in my palm And I feared it But curiosity was always my downfall So I peeked
The knowledge flooded me like a broken dam I had everything And yet I had nothing Nothing to work for Or gain ... Now that I had everything There was nothing to live for So I didn't