Ad Astra
Take me up to the stars
We will learn who we are
See the earth from above
We’ll be falling in love
Reaching dizzying heights
Going faster than light
On the wings of a prayer
Where we go, I don’t care, no!
Calling ground control, we’re on a telepathic flight
At zero hour our love will send us soaring through the sky
And often I have wondered on that journey will we change?
And if we ever come back, will be ever be the same?
It’s a beautiful world
That we’re leaving behind
Let’s get lost in the stars
Who knows what we will find, yeah
Oh whoa
Calling ground control, we’re on a telepathic flight
At zero hour our love will send us soaring through the sky
And often I have wondered on that journey will we change?
And if we ever come back will be ever be the same?
Will you come follow me? (Will you follow your dreams?)
To remote galaxies
To Elysian heights
We will find paradise
Song Notes
“Ad Astra” meaning ”To the stars” features Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on guitar and vocals. Drummer Rick McMurray said of the song:
Although this song was in many ways the final piece of this album’s puzzle, it also spawned the space in which the rest of the album lives, the dark matter that binds the Ad Astra universe together. Enjoy the ride through inner, outer and liminal space.