Vela Velox

Kilbey/Kearns

Appears On:

• Speed Of The Stars - Speed Of The Stars (2016), Track 9
• Speed of the Stars - Speed of the Stars (2023 reissue), CD: Track 8, LP: Side C, Track 2

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 13, 2023]

Vela velox
It's the speed of the stars that shocks me
The whole universe, it softly rocks me
In its own lovely way

Buyer beware
The moss upon her marble stair
I don't care if it crumbles
See me tumble out of the air

Inopportune time
In opposite way
We stay attracted
Just the way the light's refracted

The nonchalant sea
The sound of the emptiness of sleep
When you keep waking up

Stupid dream
Astral travel in the age of steam
Yes it seems like a great idea
Here in my own little year

Defining the signs
Finding no alignment, we stay connected
Just the way the moon reflected

The churning of space
The turning faces of the sun
Everything comes undone

Vela velox
Vela velox
Vela

Velox vela
An apostle with a boxed-in feeler
A tequila worm or a healer peeling out of the blue

A sudden drop
A sudden stop in seconds, you reckon we move
But I've nothing left to prove

Out of the dark
Like a planet moving in an arc
Now you're half in the light

Vela velox
Vela velox