"Don't desert us, who will save our town!?"
You jump like a thousand blocks to get to something
And nothing comes but colder, winter air.
I tried to know you in every way I could,
Approached you from every single mark and angle,
The strings the birds pulled tangled as they crossed.
"Captain, we've no time for reminiscing.
Science will not wait for modern love!"
Sleep inside your own terrarium,
Sleep inside your own terrarium,
You stay afoot you're bound to wind up home!
Sleep inside your own terrarium.
The takeoff goes as smooth as when we land,
No warnings of oranger lights, or brighter whistles,
I hummed you tunes and you would give them names.
They carried through the numbers up to Queens,
And stopped when they found the place they felt like dying,
The last ten blocks spent crying over you.
Crashing nights until your time's suspended,
Two-by-two they cheerily walk home.
Sleep inside your own terrarium,
Sleep inside your own terrarium,
You stay afloat, the town will wander home!
Sleep inside your own terrarium.