I Wish I Was An Astronaut

This, if I look close enough
and push the cluttering numbness away,
is an awesome and terrific sadness,
don't ask why, I couldn't really say

it's a pain that only death could cure
but I don't really feel alive anymore
it's the rage of being stuck in the middle
the trapped spirit with no window or door
in a world full of faithless, ugly ignorance,
a tunnel of dark and dumb machines
we call the human race, say things ten times
and still then explain what it all means

I guess one can only take so much
of life, being forced to live it with others
before the anger of screams not heard
pierces the heart, and spirit it smothers

So why this sadness overwhelms me so
I can't explain it because I don't understand it
it sure must be nice to be an astronaut
and be able to leave the planet.