Dreams (Astro-Nought II)

You were born to be the conquerer of worlds,
And so we conquered you so we could come along,
Besotted with the tales of the lawmen and the year of '39,
Stuck on tales of what you could be, and made sure you'd be mine.
Baby blue was just a twinkle in your eye,
And the stars were just a joke between friends,
'Cause I somehow knew you'd be my man on the moon,
Or the one who'd bring my earth to its end.

I shoot up the stars that you sailed through,
I guess I hope that they take me, too?
I stare at the sky, 'cause I can't believe,
And scream so hard till it hurts to breathe:
"How many dreams did you leave for me!?"

Jimmy's just turning six now,
Still waits for daddy to come back home,
I say you're waiting for him in the sky,
But he still doesn't quite get why.
And so he cries
In the night
But my needle's in to deep for me to notice his plight.

His friends don't even touch the subject,
The only kid who's daddy's died,
... or should that be "passed away"?
No, let's call a spade a spade.
'Cause I'm pretty angry at the way...

I shoot up the stars that you sailed through,
I guess I hope that they take me, too?
I stare at the sky, 'cause I can't believe,
And scream so hard till it hurts to breathe:
"How many dreams did you leave for me!?"

... your legacy is just an empty box.
Not a single fragment of a bone,
To show an attempt at coming home,
Oh, here comes the invisible man, steals every memory we had
Takes the medals for every little last thing you do,
So with cash that reeks of gin, guilt, blood, and jet fuel...

I shoot up the stars that you sailed through,
I guess I hope that they take me, too?
I stare at the sky, 'cause I can't believe,
And scream so hard till it hurts to breathe:
"How many dreams did you leave for me?"
"How many lies did you weave!?"
"Why the f*ck did you leave!?"
"How dare I even try to dream!?"
"How many dreams did you leave for me?"