Departure

Something from my many unfinished things that I happened to finish and felt proud enough of to share. There may be more, I have ideas I'd like to make with this theme, but I wanted to share this track for anyone who may enjoy it. I hope you'll tell me what you think in the comments. song, lyrics, and cover art by me, made proudly without the use of AI Lyrics: I know I'm far away But maybe I'll see Your star tonight I'm gazing up high Into this distant sky Will I ever come back home? These sunsets, they just don't have your warmth Another day fades lazily away And the sky returns to black. To think the sun we once stood under has been turned To just a point of light My patience getting shorter But I'm still getting orders Will this mission ever end? If return takes too much longer then I fear I'll be the alien then Am I still a human anymore? Who do I become when rockets soar? I left the Earth so long ago (Left my old life there on the ground) What it's like now I cannot know (Maybe they've burned it down) Every day I'm getting older My sentiments get colder What if home just isn't what it used to be? If I went back there some day Would I find It's just one less place for me? (A tragic space) Reduced to a memory Flashing lights all decorate my walls These instruments of science keep me alive But can they keep me sane? Experiments and study Replace the need for company Since I turned off the comms Expectations from home base cannot distract From why I left at the start Maybe I'm not human after all I knew all these rockets were bound to fall Underneath my tinted vizor, drops like comets frame my face Constellations dreaming far away Is one home? I left the Earth so long ago (Left my old life there on the ground) What it's like now I cannot know (Maybe they've burned it down) Every day I'm getting older My sentiments get colder What if home just isn't what it used to be? If I went back there some day Would I find It's just one less place for me? (A tragic space) Reduced to a memory