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Meteor Shower Lyrics
It was such a good night
Everybody agrees
Drive our handsome cars
Through the humid dark
To the airstrip then the beach
We meet up along the shore
The low tide tastes so sour
And the rocks around the campfire
Are waiting for the hour
Of the meteor shower
Are we looking up yet?
Somebody says
We came to see the stars fall
But the moon's still too bright yet
We don't want to miss the hour
Of the meteor shower
We sprawl out on the sand
There's time before it's light
And it seems like you could reach up
And pluck the eyes right out of the night
We are young and we're strong
And we're shut down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Bury a thought
Soon it's back and with a friend
Like the desperados and bon vivants
At every century's end
You have a good idea
Of all that you are owed
But the items on your list
Eventually explode
In the meteor shower
You sprawl out on the sand
A stone's throw from the waves
And it seems like you could reach up
And catch the fireballs in your hand
You are young and you're strong
And you're shut down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Behold the Geminids
Like a squad of teenage kids
In a stream of flaming rubble
Streaking past the Hubble
To the other edge
In the final hour
Of the meteor shower
Everybody agrees
Drive our handsome cars
Through the humid dark
To the airstrip then the beach
We meet up along the shore
The low tide tastes so sour
And the rocks around the campfire
Are waiting for the hour
Of the meteor shower
Are we looking up yet?
Somebody says
We came to see the stars fall
But the moon's still too bright yet
We don't want to miss the hour
Of the meteor shower
We sprawl out on the sand
There's time before it's light
And it seems like you could reach up
And pluck the eyes right out of the night
We are young and we're strong
And we're shut down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Bury a thought
Soon it's back and with a friend
Like the desperados and bon vivants
At every century's end
You have a good idea
Of all that you are owed
But the items on your list
Eventually explode
In the meteor shower
You sprawl out on the sand
A stone's throw from the waves
And it seems like you could reach up
And catch the fireballs in your hand
You are young and you're strong
And you're shut down by the thought
That this might not be enough
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up?
Are we looking up yet?
Are we looking up yet?
Behold the Geminids
Like a squad of teenage kids
In a stream of flaming rubble
Streaking past the Hubble
To the other edge
In the final hour
Of the meteor shower
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From Tanya's Bandcamp: "Written with Rick Moody...There are only a few in this series with contributed lyrics by another and music by me, and this is one...Growing up and grown-up, I’ve spent many summer nights (alone and not) lying on chilly East Coast beaches waiting for the sky to do something. The simple act of looking up (put down your device now) is an instant recalibrator. When Rick sent me the lyrics that became Meteor Shower, I felt that same shift."