♡ ↷ SLEEPING AT LAST'S ' ATLAS : SPACE ' LYRIC STARTERS .
feel free to change pronouns , tense , et cetera to suit personal preference . trigger warnings for suicide , natural disasters , war , gun violence , and death .
“ with golden string , our universe was clothed in light . ”
“ our once barren world now brims with life . ”
“ that we may fall in love every time we open our eyes . ”
“ i guess space and time takes violent things , angry things , and makes them kind . ”
“ we are the dust of dust . ”
“ we are the apple of god’s eye . ”
“ we are as infinite as the universe we hold inside . ”
“ infinity times infinity . ”
“ rows of houses , sound asleep . ”
“ only street lights notice me . ”
“ i am desperate , if nothing else . ”
“ in a holding pattern to find myself . ”
“ i watch for signals , for a clue . ”
“ how to feel different , how to feel new . ”
“ like science fiction , bending truth . ”
“ no one can unring this bell , unsound this alarm , unbreak my heart . ”
“ god knows i am dissonance , waiting to be swiftly pulled into tune . ”
“ i’ll go anywhere you want , anywhere you want me . ”
“ i know the further i go , the harder i try . ”
“ only keeps my eyes closed . ”
“ somehow i’ve fallen in love with this middle ground , at the cost of my soul . ”
“ yet i know if i stepped aside , released the controls , you would open my eyes . ”
“ somehow , all of this mess , is just my attempt to know the worth of my life . ”
“ made of precious metals inside . ”
“ the night sky once ruled my imagination . ”
“ now i turn the dials with careful calculation . ”
“ after a while , i thought i’d never find you . ”
“ i convinced myself i would never find you , when suddenly i saw you . ”
“ at first i thought you were a constellation . ”
“ i made a map of your stars , then had a revelation : you’re as beautiful as endless , you’re the universe i’m helpless in . ”
“ an astronomer at my best when i throw away the measurements . ”
“ like a telescope , i will pull you so close , until no space lies in between . ”
“ i was a billion little pieces until you pulled me into focus . ”
“ astronomy in reverse , it was me who was discovered . ”
“ then suddenly i see you . ”
“ i dig until my shovel tells a secret , swear to the earth that i will keep it . ”
“ let my change of heart occur . ”
“ sold soon after the appraisal . ”
“ the hammer struck the auction table . ”
“ louder than anything i’ve ever heard . ”
“ fault lines tremble underneath my glass house . ”
“ i put it out of my mind long enough to call it courage . ”
“ live without a lifeline . ”
“ i bend the definition of faith to exonerate my blind eye . ”
“ until the sirens sound , i’m safe . ”
“ meanwhile , my family’s taking shelter . ”
“ the sparks send the fire down the wire . ”
“ a countdown begins , until the dynamite gives in . ”
“ the echo , as wide as the equator , travels through a world of built up anger . ”
“ too late to pull itself together now . ”
“ there was an earthquake . ”
“ there was an avalanche of change . ”
“ we cried ourselves a hurricane . ”
“ there were floods , tidal waves over us . ”
“ we folded our hands and prayed . ”
“ like a domino , these wildfires grow and grow . ”
“ until a brand new world takes shape . ”
“ we laid our names to rest . ”
“ along the dotted line . ”
“ we left our date of birth and our history behind . ”
“ we were full of life . ”
“ we could barely hold it in . ”
“ we were amateurs at war , strangers to suffering . ”
“ we made our families proud but scared at the same time . ”
“ we promised we’d be safe , another lie from the front lines . ”
“ our backs against the wall , we’re surrounded and afraid . ”
“ our lives now in the hands of the soldiers taking aim . ”
“ our questions ricochet like broken satellites . ”
“ how do our bodies , born to heal , become so prone to die ? ”
“ though time is ruthless , it showed us kindness in the end . ”
“ by slowing down enough . ”
“ a second chance to make amends . ”
“ lay your weapons down ! ”
“ they’re calling off the war . ”
“ on account of losing track of what we’re fighting for . ”
“ so we found our way back home , let our cuts and bruises heal while a brand new war began , one that no one else could feel . ”
“ our nights have grown so long . ”
“ now we beg for sound advice . ”
“ let the brokenness be felt , until you reach the other side . ”
“ there is goodness in the heart of every broken man who comes right up to the edge of losing everything he has . ”
“ we were young enough to sin . ”
“ we’re young enough to try to build a better life . ”
“ wrote it down in the winter of 1610 . ”
“ just a secret under lock and key until then . ”
“ while collecting the stars , i connected the dots . ”
“ i don’t know who i am , but i know who i’m not . ”
“ i’m just a curious speck that got caught up in orbit . ”
“ like a magnet , it beckoned my metals toward it . ”
“ make my messes matter , make this chaos count . ”
“ let every little fracture in me shatter out loud . ”
“ you taught me the courage of stars before you left . ”
“ how light carries on endlessly , even after death . ”
“ with shortness of breath , you explained the infinite . ”
“ how rare and beautiful it is to even exist . ”
“ i couldn’t help but ask for you to say it all again . ”
“ i tried to write it down , but i could never find a pen . ”
“ i’d give anything to hear you say it one more time . ”
“ that the universe was made just to be seen by my eyes . ”
“ pitch black , pale blue . ”
“ it was a stained glass . ”
“ variation of the truth . ”
“ i felt empty handed . ”
“ you let me sail with cheap wood . ”
“ i patched up every leak that i could . ”
“ until the blame grew too heavy . ”
“ stitch by stitch , i tear apart . ”
“ if brokenness is a form of art , i must be a poster child prodigy . ”
“ thread by thread , i come apart . ”
“ if brokenness is a work of art , surely this must be my masterpiece . ”
“ i’m only honest when it rains . if i time it right , the thunder breaks when i open my mouth . ”
“ i want to tell you , but i don’t know how . ”
“ an open book with a torn out page , and my ink’s run out . ”
“ i want to love you but i don’t know how . ”
“ these wild oceans shake what's left of me loose . ”
“ just to hear me cry mercy . ”
“ a strong wind at my back . ”
“ so i lift up the only sail that i have , this tired white flag . ”
“ i woke up from the same dream : falling backwards until it turned me inside out . ”
“ now i live a waking life of looking backwards . ”
“ a model citizen of doubt . ”
“ until one day i had enough of this exercise of trust . ”
“ i leaned in and let it hurt , let my body feel the dirt . ”
“ when i break pattern , i break ground . ”
“ i rebuild when i break down . ”
“ i wake up more awake than i’ve ever been before . ”
“ i’m pinned under the weight of what i believed would keep me safe . ”
“ show me where my armor ends , show me where my skin begins . ”
“ like a final puzzle piece , it all makes sense to me . ”
“ the heaviness that i hold in my heart belongs to gravity . ”
“ the heaviness that i hold in my heart’s been crushing me . ”
“ i’ve been worried all my life , a nervous wreck most of the time . ”
“ i’ve always been afraid of heights . ”
