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High Orbit Lyrics by Nathan Payne

Holy Smokes

2013

Cruising through the circuit board
On pink electric streets
The palm trees are fireworks
Of exploding purple ink

The sky is a raven's wing
The stars a thousand spinning dice
The moon is a roulette wheel
Suspended in ice

Monkeys are swinging
From ornaments of doom
The smoke of my torment
Curls around the room

Our love is like a ghost
Back from the dead
Rising from the ashes
Where we lay our weary heads

Cruising through the cemetery gates
Of my drive-thru heart
It may not be the end of the world
But it's a start
It could all be over in an instant
But still it's good to see you again

We built our little paradise
Of fairy dust and bones
Our walls are made of gold
And fortified with ice cream cones

But the demons are returning
From the land of their exile
They're kicking up a cloud of dust
That's visible for miles

Cruising through the frozen cemetery gates
Of my drive-thru heart
It may not be the end of the world
But it's a start
It could all come crashing down tomorrow
But still it's good to see you again

The ghosts of my ancestors
Are spinning through the tires
If we don't run out of gas
We should be able to outrun the fires

I forgot to bring my body
I left it back there with my name
My heart is a monastery
Going up in flames

Cruising through the cemetery gates
Of your drive-thru heart
It may not be the end of the world
But it's a start
It could all be gone tomorrow
But still it's good to see you again

And then the highway dissipates
As our bodies turn to sand
The steering wheel evaporates
From my disappearing hands

We're flying into orbit
Toward the floating wedding feast
Through the cloud of mushrooms
Rising in the east


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"High Orbit" is credited to Nathan Payne. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"High Orbit" appears on "Holy Smokes" in 2013.

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