Changes Shape

by Cosmic Johnny

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lyrics

the body says i wanna go home
i'm tired and i need to be alone
to figure myself out
and reevaluate some twenty years in outer space
i disappeared without a trace
maybe i need better light
or maybe i just need a face that won't put up a fight
every other day
there's gotta be a better way, there's gotta be a better line
there's only twenty-six letters and none of them spell it right

(he was not quite a man)
matter never goes away
it just changes shape
(he was not quite a man)
and i need to catch a break
i'm going home today
so see you on the other side, spaceman

the body says i wanna go home
consistency is not a trait i've ever called my own
the blue light made me blind
look for long enough, you never know just what you'll find
i'll try to be a friend of mine
the tv screen's a fun house mirror twisting all the lines
it's hard to recognize
the features of my face, my eyes in anything i see
no heroes so it had to be me

(he was not quite a man)
matter never goes away
it just changes shape
(he was not quite a man)
and i need to catch a break
i'm going home today
so see you on the other side, spaceman

come home
come home
come home
come home

(he was not quite a man)
matter never goes away
it just changes shape
(he was not quite a man)
and i need to catch a break
i'm going home today
so see you on the other side, spaceman

they were not quite a man
they were alive and breathing
they were not quite a man
they were alive and breathing

credits

released October 1, 2017
by mike suh, felicity squish, marcus dembinski, will kwiatkowski and lea jaffe
lyrics by mike suh
interpolates lyrics from "alright, spaceboy" by bat house

mike suh - lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
felicity squish - backing vocals, bass guitar
lea jaffe - guitar
will kwiatkowski - drums
keithe laflabme - moral support

produced by cameron seymour-hawkins
engineered by cameron seymour-hawkins and otto klammer
mixed by felicity squish

art by mike suh

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Cosmic Johnny Boston, Massachusetts

3am existential rock for the kids who vaguely know what spacex is but couldn't, like, Describe it to you.

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