"Starman" - Elsa Russo

"Starman" - Elsa Russo

I woke in the middle of night

Because I thought I heard a cry

                           Don’t worry

                           It was just a star exploding in the sky

I saw a snowy white owl on a traffic cam

And called out your name

You knew didn’t you?

                           Don’t fret

                           It’s just a gathering of the soul

 

I saw a jeweled skull

Held up in effigy

I said, this will be the last we see of him

And you knew didn’t you?

                           Don’t make a fuss

                           It was our last debt that had to be paid

I whispered prayers over the dying

In rhyme and harmony

Never knowing that I was

                           Don’t grieve for me

                           I had the best time anyone ever could

I woke in the middle of the night

Because I thought I heard a hole punched through the sky

                           Don’t worry

                           It was just a Starman returning home