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The Astronaut In the Sky

from All That Gets Left Behind by Ink Sticks & Stones

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There once was a man in the stars
He lived alone with stitched up scars
A hermit’s life suited him just fine
A life with planets and all that shines

One day a star was leaving his sky
A hollow where it once burned bright
"Why are you leaving ?" he asked with unrest
It said, "My constellation is drifting out west."

"But there is a hole I cannot accept,
Fix the design or I’ll be upset."
His world a balanced web of sattelites
"My friends are leaving, I must take flight."

Thus there was an empty space in between
His rational and emotional scene
He hoped with time a new star would grow in
But contrary lessons were on his skin

Inside was a hole he could not accept
A flaw in his design since the day he left
A world of broken promises and lies
But with beautiful smiles and fireflies

And so he broke through the atmosphere
Tired of hiding from all he feared
He landed in a meadow of snow white
With constellations shinging the night

Ahead he went into the unknown
His footsteps the first ones in the snow
Life’s scary when there are shadows to face
But it’s always darker and colder in space

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from All That Gets Left Behind, track released November 7, 2017
Ai Rei Dooh-Tousignant: vocals, acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, synths
Raphael Weinroth-Browne: cellos
Ariane Hamel: violin

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Ink Sticks & Stones Toronto, Ontario

Ink Sticks & Stones is a composer-musician-singer-songwriter who dabbles in neoclassical and folk. Her latest release, Vaste, is a neoclassical orchestral EP based in the boreal forest.

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