[Verse 1] Ticket stub in my hand Dust on my shoes Bus door folds shut And the world turns blue I saw my old fence My mother’s red chairs The pear tree bending Like it knew me there [Pre-Chorus] Now the roads fall away Like thread from my sleeve I keep every small thing That earth gave me Your fields in the rain Your salt on my skin I’m leaving your arms But I’m keeping you in [Chorus] Slow bus to space Hold me awhile I still see home In a child’s small smile Slow bus to space Don’t rush the view I love what I left And what’s blooming new (Oh) slow bus to space (Oh) slow bus to space [Verse 2] Past the moon’s white ribs And the silver trash I saw fish made of glass In a comet flash A herd of soft moons With velvet horns Crossed the lane in silence Where the sky gets torn Tiny winged lanterns With their ember eyes Flicked by my window Like sparks in the brine They bowed to the glass Then drifted away Like they’d been greeting Every soul that came [Pre-Chorus] And I miss my front steps My cracked yellow mug The way rain tapped low On the porch above But here in the dark There’s a new kind of grace A thousand strange lives With their own kind of face [Chorus] Slow bus to space Hold me awhile I still see home In a child’s small smile Slow bus to space Don’t rush the view I love what I left And what’s blooming new (Oh) slow bus to space (Oh) slow bus to space [Bridge] Maybe wonder is this A hand on my sleeve Saying look at what grows When you dare to leave I can grieve the old yard And cheer for the stars Keep both in my chest Like two open jars [Final Chorus] Slow bus to space Hold me awhile I still see home In a child’s small smile Slow bus to space Don’t rush the view I love what I left And what’s blooming new Slow bus to space I’m learning to see Earth in my heart And the strange things in me
