Rocket Ships

[Verse 1]

On summer nights the stars fall a little slower and

I don't know if I can catch them in time to sew words

Delicately to the palm of my hand, tell me

What am I worth?

Do you see words written in the air?

Or is it just me forming pictures from nowhere?

I have funny little comic books taped to my hands

A brain within a brain, it's got a mind of its own, yeah

[Chorus]

Rocket ships will take off

Whether you're in them or not

And it's sad but it's the truth

The world'll still turn without you

But when your bones turn to earth

And you ask me, "What was I worth?"

I'll simply plant a flower above you

And you can watch it grow

[Verse 2]

On summer nights my thoughts form a little vaguer, and

I don't know how to arrange them or put them into words

Now I'm lеaving bashful teardrops in my hands

That tell me I ain't a man

Do you think aliеns in outer space

Think that they're the only human race?

My mind's a house of magic cards about to blow away, yeah

I'm just a shoot and I ain't ready to grow yet

[Chorus]

Rocket ships will take off

Whether you're in them or not

And it's sad but it's the truth

The world'll still turn without you

But when your bones turn to earth

And you ask me, "What was I worth?"

I'll simply plant a flower above you

And you can watch it grow

[Verse 3]

Would it be okay for me to stay?

If okay is here, then I'm far away

The train's not leaving for a while

I packed my bags and they've emptied themselves somehow

The thought of meaning something just makes my brain

Twist, invert and fall down sideways

But my voice is a spark so let me sing

'Til the fire's so bright it's deafening

[Chorus]

Rocket ships will take off

Whether you're in them or not

And it's sad but it's the truth

The world'll still turn without you

But when your bones turn to earth

And you ask me, "What was I worth?"

I'll simply plant a flower above you

And you can watch it grow

[Outro]

And you can watch it grow

Watch it grow

You can watch it grow