"Astronomy" is a song by Conan Gray that was released on May 7, 2021. The music video for the track was released the same day as the single's release. This song is featured as the fifth track in Conan's sophomore album, Superache.
Background
The song was teased with multiple snippets on his Instagram and the single’s pre-save page. The song is about how you drift apart from someone you loved because you realized that they’re not the same person they used to be. All of a sudden, you have nothing in common with this person. It’s painful to have to let them go and to accept that things aren’t the same. You slowly become aware that you shouldn’t try to piece things back together and it’d be easier to stay strangers.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We drive through the woods, rich neighborhoods to watch
We joked as we looked that they were too good for us
'Cause socially speaking, we were the same
With runaway fathers and mothers who drank
A tale old as time, young love don't last for life
And now I know, now I know
It's time to go, it's time to go
[Chorus]
We've traveled the seas, we've ridden the stars
We've seen everything from Saturn to Mars
As much as it seems like you own my heart
It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart
[Post-Chorus]
(It's astronomy) We're two worlds apart
(It's astronomy) We're two worlds apart
[Verse 2]
From far away, I wish I'd stayed with you
But here, face to face, a stranger that I once knew
I thought if I wandered, I'd fall back in love
You said distance brings fondness, but guess not with us
The only mistake that we didn't make was run
(Now look what we've done)
[Chorus]
We've traveled the seas, we've ridden the stars
We've seen everything from Saturn to Mars
As much as it seems like you own my heart
It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart
[Post-Chorus]
(It's astronomy) We're two worlds apart
[Bridge]
Stop tryna keep us alive
You're pointing at stars in the sky
That already died
Stop tryna keep us alive
You can't force the stars to align
When they've already died
Oh, we've died, ooh
[Chorus]
Oh, we've traveled the seas, we've ridden the stars
We've seen everything from Saturn to Mars
As much as it seems like you own my heart
It's astronomy, we're two worlds apart
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