Synesthesia

I saw pictures from the space shuttle Of North America tonight I could almost see my house I could almost see the rest of my life Now my mother's in the hospital And my friends are in the news Collecting trophies for the songs they wrote While we lived in the shadow of the moon Yes, I never made a gold record And I've never been to Mars But I've traveled around this world Shooting fireworks and falling stars, (and prison bars) And my father's got a decent job I hear he's finally pulling through There's more to life than singing songs we write And we are in the shadow of the moon And I see colors when I hear your voice Put on your wings that put gravity on trial And I see colors, I don't hear the noise Because we're only flying for a while Because we're only flying for a while I saw this picture of my niece Twisting high above the narrow beam And my brother looked so proud Like he woke up in this perfect dream And I've known you all my life But I knew you long before that tune Let's go dancing to the songs we wrote When we lived in the shadow of the moon And I see colors when I hear your voice Put on your wings that put gravity on trial I see colors, I don't hear the noise Sometimes we're only flying for a while And I could love you in the falling rain Grab your wings, this is a storm we're meant to ride Like synesthesia aboard a stalling plane It's like we're only flying for a while Flying for a while Whoa Whoa Whoa And I see colors when I hear your voice Grab you wings that put gravity on trial I see colors, I don't feel the choice Sometimes we're only flying for a while And I could love you in the falling rain Grab your wings, this is the storm we're meant to ride Like synesthesia aboard a stalling plane It's like we're only flying for a while Flying for a while (Whoa) Flying for a while (Whoa) Flying for a while (I can see the colors moving, when I hear the music playing)