Expedition

[Verse 1] Open up the hatch Cold air Distant black Coffee in a plastic cup Star maps on my lap Page one Tiny dot Spin of home All we’ve got Page two Faster now Cloud bands Red storms Frozen crowns [Chorus] Exploring the universe One bright question at a time From the backyard to the birth of time Every speck Every silent line Exploring the universe And how it all became Write the dark in little notes And underline the flame [Verse 2] Dust rings Scattered stone Leftover plans from worlds that formed Gold born in a burst Old light that had to travel first Black gaps Gentle bend Space itself learning how to flex Galaxies on the page Swirl marks from a cosmic age [Chorus] [Bridge] I trace the arc of where we came from Tiny hands on a giant chart I circle “here” with a shaky marker Laughing at the size of my own heart If all of this can fit in a book Then maybe I can fit too A small voice reading out loud To a sky that already knew [Chorus]