I was on the waitlist to be weightless
Til my name came up last year
And they gave me a day’s training
And then sent me way up here
As I pulled clear of the atmosphere
the vacuum swallowed me
I guess the air lock is not a despair lock
Because darkness followed me
Though I complete all my tasks
and follow protocol
in the face of the infinite
I feel so very small
Mission control is getting pretty sick of my frown
If there's no gravity then what is bringing me down?
I try to make things right via satellite
but my friends they envy me
the sadness in my voice obscured
in poor sound quality
In every shining star I see
my mistakes come back to haunt me
I ran away from my problems
but even here they taunt me
Fifteen years of oxygen
and food stashed in the hold
but even climate control
cannot stop me feeling cold
The onboard computer is getting sick of my frown
if there’s no gravity then what is bringing me down?
rockets fire and machines beep and galaxies catch flame
a lonely quest for one man who cannot forget his shame
giant suns burn down from furnaces to glowing embers
when I get home I hope that nobody else remembers
Zero Gravity
- MicahSommer
- Push Comes to Shove
- Posts: 412
- Joined: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:09 pm
- Instruments: Voice, accordion, keyboards, guitar, euphonium
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- Submitting as: Micah Sommersmith, All The Robots
- Pronouns: they/them or he/him
- Location: Wisconsin, USA
- Contact:
Re: Zero Gravity
ZERO GRAVITY
Micah Sommersmith
Tonight my bedsheets hold me tight
The only thing that's keeping me in place
I feel I could float right into space
But if I hold on I know I'll be alright
I feel I could float right into space
Drift away in zero gravity
And the way I feel you feel for me
Is the only thing that's keeping me in place
I can't feel the way you feel for me
And the bedsheets don't hold me quite so tight
If I let go I know I'll be alright
Just drift away in zero gravity
Micah Sommersmith
Tonight my bedsheets hold me tight
The only thing that's keeping me in place
I feel I could float right into space
But if I hold on I know I'll be alright
I feel I could float right into space
Drift away in zero gravity
And the way I feel you feel for me
Is the only thing that's keeping me in place
I can't feel the way you feel for me
And the bedsheets don't hold me quite so tight
If I let go I know I'll be alright
Just drift away in zero gravity
"you did a skillful job pulling off the sexy" - RangerDenni
- lichenthroat
- Mean Street
- Posts: 543
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- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: New Mexico
Re: Zero Gravity
Zero Gravity
by Lichen Throat
Seven years of training
Prepared me for today,
Blasting off from Kazakhstan
To spend six months away.
My friends at NASA told me
To expect a bumpy ride.
When I see the space station,
I can’t wait to get inside.
As we begin to unload
The fresh supplies I’ve brought
I can’t keep from staring at
A brown-eyed cosmonaut.
I’ve never kissed in zero gravity,
Looking down on all humanity.
Oh, Natalia, spend some time with me.
While we grow weightless seedlings
You tell me all about
Winters in St. Petersburg,
Borscht, and sauerkraut.
Your name starts with an H;
ends with a backwards R.
You say your great grandfather once
Had dinner with the Tsar.
I’m in love in zero gravity;
Never took a vow of chastity.
Oh, Natalia, spend the night with me.
We float together
Up in the sky,
While February
Turns into July.
Your mission is completed;
They say you have to go.
The Soyuz capsule has arrived
To take you down below.
In just a few more minutes,
I know you’ll be earthbound.
But I still want to be with you
When we’re both on the ground.
I’m in love in zero gravity.
Feeling sure of our compatability.
Oh, Natalia, spend your life with me.
by Lichen Throat
Seven years of training
Prepared me for today,
Blasting off from Kazakhstan
To spend six months away.
My friends at NASA told me
To expect a bumpy ride.
When I see the space station,
I can’t wait to get inside.
As we begin to unload
The fresh supplies I’ve brought
I can’t keep from staring at
A brown-eyed cosmonaut.
I’ve never kissed in zero gravity,
Looking down on all humanity.
Oh, Natalia, spend some time with me.
While we grow weightless seedlings
You tell me all about
Winters in St. Petersburg,
Borscht, and sauerkraut.
Your name starts with an H;
ends with a backwards R.
You say your great grandfather once
Had dinner with the Tsar.
I’m in love in zero gravity;
Never took a vow of chastity.
Oh, Natalia, spend the night with me.
We float together
Up in the sky,
While February
Turns into July.
Your mission is completed;
They say you have to go.
The Soyuz capsule has arrived
To take you down below.
In just a few more minutes,
I know you’ll be earthbound.
But I still want to be with you
When we’re both on the ground.
I’m in love in zero gravity.
Feeling sure of our compatability.
Oh, Natalia, spend your life with me.
- ken
- Hot for Teacher
- Posts: 3877
- Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:10 pm
- Instruments: Guitar, bass, drums, keys
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- Submitting as: Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff
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- Location: oakland, ca
- Contact:
Re: Zero Gravity
Berkeley Social Scene:
Zero Gravity
The stars look very different today
Out my window far away
Illuminating the dark sky
Shimmering like a butterfly
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Danger is real in the blackness
Avoidance of pain takes practice
Keep your faith in the moonlight
Eyes wide open like headlights
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Weightless is senseless
Prepare to be restless
You can hear the deafness
But it leaves you defenseless
Solo
The stars looks very different today
Floating here like a castaway
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Zero Gravity
The stars look very different today
Out my window far away
Illuminating the dark sky
Shimmering like a butterfly
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Danger is real in the blackness
Avoidance of pain takes practice
Keep your faith in the moonlight
Eyes wide open like headlights
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Weightless is senseless
Prepare to be restless
You can hear the deafness
But it leaves you defenseless
Solo
The stars looks very different today
Floating here like a castaway
Zero Gravity
Floating in an airless sea
What will become of me
Floating helpless endlessly
Ken's Super Duper Band 'n Stuff - Berkeley Social Scene - Tiny Robots - Seamus Collective - Semolina Pilchards - Cutie Pies - Explino! - Bravo Bros. - 2 from 14 - and more!
i would just like to remind everyone that Ken eats kittens - blue lang
i would just like to remind everyone that Ken eats kittens - blue lang
- king_arthur
- Ice Cream Man
- Posts: 1753
- Joined: Sun Sep 26, 2004 6:56 am
- Instruments: guitar, vocals, bass, BIAB, keyboards (synth anything)
- Recording Method: Tascam DP-24SD
- Submitting as: King Arthur
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: Phoenix, AZ
- Contact:
Re: Zero Gravity
ZERO GRAVITY / King Arthur
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
Once Ohio secedes, we're gonna take back that crown
There's zero gravity holding us down.
First time I heard about this movement to be free
I was tuned to Cincinnati - WKRP
Now from Dayton up to Cleveland, everybody says let's go
We're holding up our signs - "NOHIO"
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
We've got purple baseball caps and parades in every town
There's zero gravity holding us down.
Back in the days when we were going into outer space
More astronauts from Ohio than any other place.
So in honor of Neil Armstrong and lots of names you wouldn't know
It's time for us to blast off - "NOHIO" !!!
Like a modern day Columbus, we're not sure just where we'll be
When we get to where we're going, but we're longing to be free.
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
They said they'd drain the swamp, things are deep enough to drown.
There's zero gravity holding us down.
...inspired by recent craziness on Rachel Maddow, this is what happens to songwriters as they enter senility... recorded in about three hours, the day after the deadline, so if it shows up on the front page, thank you fightmasters...
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
Once Ohio secedes, we're gonna take back that crown
There's zero gravity holding us down.
First time I heard about this movement to be free
I was tuned to Cincinnati - WKRP
Now from Dayton up to Cleveland, everybody says let's go
We're holding up our signs - "NOHIO"
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
We've got purple baseball caps and parades in every town
There's zero gravity holding us down.
Back in the days when we were going into outer space
More astronauts from Ohio than any other place.
So in honor of Neil Armstrong and lots of names you wouldn't know
It's time for us to blast off - "NOHIO" !!!
Like a modern day Columbus, we're not sure just where we'll be
When we get to where we're going, but we're longing to be free.
There is zero gravity holding us down
There is zero gravity holding us down, holding us down
They said they'd drain the swamp, things are deep enough to drown.
There's zero gravity holding us down.
...inspired by recent craziness on Rachel Maddow, this is what happens to songwriters as they enter senility... recorded in about three hours, the day after the deadline, so if it shows up on the front page, thank you fightmasters...
"...one does not write in dactylic hexameter purely by accident..." - poetic designs