Astronomy

There are no comments on any of his songs, so I'm going to try to fix that. At first I didn't really like this song, but now I love it, so I recommend listening to it a few times. This is going to be in a similar format to a genius interview but I didn't write the song, so take this with a grain of salt. Conan Gray himself said that this song was inspired by the fear of losing his best friend.

"We drive through the woods, rich neighborhoods to watch We joked as we looked that they were too good for us 'Cause socially speaking, we were the same With runaway fathers and mothers who drank"

This shows how similar their lives were growing up, and although the circumstances weren't great, he still has some good memories attached to this phase of his life.

"A tale old as time, young love don't last for life"

It's really powerful how he just goes straight into this because its still sung in the same soft tone, but its very quickly drifting away from the scenario introduced in the beginning.

"And now I know, now I know It's time to go, it's time to go"

This shows the realization that he needs to let go even though he really doesn't want to

"We've traveled the seas, we've ridden the stars We've seen everything from Saturn to Mars As much as it seems like you own my heart It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart we're two worlds apart (It's astronomy) we're two worlds apart"

The first part represents all they have been through together. This has given them such a special place in each others hearts, but their lives are just so different now that they might just naturally drift apart and not be able to do anything about it.

"From far away, I wish I'd stayed with you But here, face to face, a stranger that I once knew

This represents his fear of taking a look at his own life and not even knowing her anymore.

I thought, if I wanted, I'd fall back in love You said, "Distance brings fondness", but guess not with us"

This implies the inability to recover this friendship because the distance between them, both literally and figuratively could be harmful.

"The only mistake that we didn't make was run (Now look what we've done)"

I don't understand this line as well, but I think it represents the fear of looking at someone you used to love and not feeling love for them anymore.

"Stop trying to keep us alive You're pointing at stars in the sky that already died Stop trying to keep us alive You can't force the stars to align when they've already died Oh, we've died, ooh-oh-oh"

This shows that as much as you may want a relationship to continue, you can't force it if. If the spark has already died, you might not be able to get it back.

"Oh, we've traveled the seas, we've ridden the stars We've seen everything from Saturn to Mars As much as it seems like you own my heart It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart"

This chorus is sung in a softer tone than the previous parts. I like this because it makes you feel the pain of the relationship ending, but it also brings a sense of peaceful closure.