rocket 00000

when the earth is piled around you
and you're staring at the sky
and you're waiting for the blast
to know you made it through alive
when the airplanes are all models
in a child's box of toys
with the guns made out of plastic
and the engines spewing noise
i'm kneeling on the runway
where the landing beacons shine
and i'm waiting for the rocket down the line
 
now london's full of stories
and it's random to the bone
it kisses the explosions
and it's dropping stone by stone
i went to ask the oracle
why everyone was blind
she said it's nothing but ballistics
and it evens out in time
you take the broken pieces
and you hitch them to your spine
because we're waiting for the rocket down the line
 
rocket zero
i already miss you
you're already there
making love to the air
 
the numbers are arranged
to taste the things that you can't see
twenty hues in the rainbow
twenty shades of gravity
and the soldiers in the tavern
and the drunkards on the stair
and the girl in the station
braiding daisies in her hair
i left her at the airfield
with her belly full of wine
she's still waiting for the rocket down the line
 
rocket zero
i already miss you
you're already there
making love to the air