100 Million Starships

Our story begins on that little street Where the smog in the air makes the sky turn green At sunset, it looked like a dream A Wes Anderson scene We were two young people We were too young to be slow Life is a rush Life is a high And that evening, the two of us felt Like we could fly Well We took off like a rocket With engines that could go for lightyears And not be exhausted A universe all to ourselves So many blank books on the shelves Oh, we could write our own story If only, if only We'd like to talk To the ones who pull the strings We'd like to talk To the ones in charge of things We understand nothing lasts forever But why here, why now Is this some kind of error? There's nothing left here to say I guess we'll take it day by day No goodbyes, no "alright"s We will forget We will go back To when we could fly Well We took off like a rocket With engines that could go for lightyears And not be exhausted A universe all to ourselves So many blank books on the shelves Oh, we could write our own story If only, if only One hundred million starships in the sky One hundred million ships One hundred million starships in the sky Which one should we pick? One hundred million starships in the sky One hundred million ships One hundred million places to roam Just tell me, where do you wanna go? One hundred million starships in the sky One hundred million ships One hundred million starships in the sky Which one should we pick? One hundred million starships in the sky One hundred million ships One hundred million places to roam Just tell me, where do you wanna go? Look at all these people Too scared to go to sleep at night Look at all these people Too scared to live, too scared to die Look at all these people No one is lucky as you and I Look at all these people Most will never get the chance to fly Look at all these people God help them all Look at all these people God help them all Look at all these people God help them all Look at all these people God help them all