Starlight Stewardship

[Intro]
[Verse]
I walk the floor where linoleum peels
Touching the rust on the celestial wheels
Adjust the Zeiss, hear the gears click
Old magic tricks make the pulse quick
The velvet seats leak foam from seventy-four
But we’re leveling the score behind this door
Faded star charts taped to the plaster
Racing the dark, trying to move faster
I’m the keeper of a dying light
In a city that forgot the night
[Pre-Chorus]
Dust on the lens, cracks in the glass
Watching the seasons and the satellites pass
Nobody cheers for the man with the map
Closing the gap in the gravity trap
[Chorus]
Starlight stewardship under a rusted lid
Feeding the wonder of a neighborhood kid
The skyline is bright, the cosmos is dim
But we’re mapping the edge of the outer rim
Yeah, we’re holding the flame
In a world with no name
Just a spark in the black
And we ain't looking back
[Post-Chorus]
Keep the dome spinning slow
Watch the nebula glow
Keep the dome spinning slow
Watch the nebula glow
[Verse]
Ten-year-old eyes wider than Hubble frames
Forget the zip code and the trouble names
I see a future in a chipped convex
Solving the why and the complicated next
Underfunded dreams in a concrete box
Picking the locks on the orthodox
I show 'em Saturn and the rings of ice
Worth every sacrifice, worth every price
They see a world beyond the street light
I see a spark taking flight tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Dust on the lens, cracks in the glass
Watching the seasons and the satellites pass
Nobody cheers for the man with the map
Closing the gap in the gravity trap
[Chorus]
Starlight stewardship under a rusted lid
Feeding the wonder of a neighborhood kid
The skyline is bright, the cosmos is dim
But we’re mapping the edge of the outer rim
Yeah, we’re holding the flame
In a world with no name
Just a spark in the black
And we ain't looking back
[Bridge]
Grants dried up like a Martian sea
But curiosity is still the legacy
They want a parking lot where Orion sits
I’m finding where the lion fits
It’s a quiet collapse, a slow decay
But I’m sweeping the stardust away
Every single day
To keep the dark at bay
[Verse]
I’m the janitor of a galaxy
Fighting the gravity of apathy
Manual crank for the solar system
Waiting for the world to finally listen
When the bulb burns out, I find a spare
Because the kids are still standing there
Looking up with a heavy grace
Finding their place in the deep space
Uncelebrated work in a hollow dome
Building a bridge to a cosmic home
[Chorus]
Starlight stewardship under a rusted lid
Feeding the wonder of a neighborhood kid
The skyline is bright, the cosmos is dim
But we’re mapping the edge of the outer rim
Yeah, we’re holding the flame
In a world with no name
Just a spark in the black
And we ain't looking back
[Outro]