Astronaut

Do you still believe in God?
Said the preacher to the astronaut
I heard it’s kinda lonesome there
Nothing to talk to but a cold, cold air
Tell me, tell me what was it like?
Did meaning fall from that celestial light?
Did it wrap you up in conversation?
Did it leave you like some ineffable nothing?
Are you feeling alright?
Right, right
In the blink of a flashing, blinding light
Are you feeling alright?
Did you ever really feel anything?
Tell me, are you gonna come back?
Do you really think you’re one of them?
They’re gonna hunt you, they’re gonna cut you
They’re gonna open up your body and stuff you
Till you say it’s written, till you make the payments
Leave you heaving in the twigs and the toxic
There’s nothing inside
Inside, inside
Tell me, are the words still paralyzed?
Rise, rise, rise
In the blink of a flashing, blinding light