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Named and inspired by the 1956 Harry Martinson poem about a spaceship getting lost in space. Read this book because it is extraordinary.

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Am
Am G F F
Sometimes it helps me when I feel down
to think back to carboniferous times
my ancestors 300 million years ago
amphibians hiding from a tropic storm

Your world looked a lot different than mine
but it's the same ground that we still walk upon
Thank you for taking care
Although I bet you were scared!

Dm F Am Am
Ooooh oohoh ooh x2

Am G F F
Also when your first ever child is born
rich in mind but so weak and so small
for months and months you just carry them around
realizing this has been done since ancient times
connecting you to people just like you
loving their kids millions of years ago

Dm F Am Am
and oooh oooh ooh x2

Am G F F
When this civilisation has been brought down
skyscrapers and bubble gum
humans defeated by climate change
I bet life will find a way

with shuttles of steel we escape through space
on a vast jungle planet we set up our base
a dozen of people trying to survive
spending our days finding new ways to stay alive!

Dm F Am Am
And oooho ooh ooooh x4

Am G F F
At night we all take turn guarding the camp
everywhere there are noises that we can't understand
Some plants try to eat you, some shine a light
Silent creatures wander through the jungle at night
The stars here are different from planet Earth
When we think back now, oh how it hurts!

Dm F Am Am
Ooooh oooh
Oh how it hurts, when we think back now oh how it hurts

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from At night I still sneak out (2007​-​2014), released May 3, 2014

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Jonas Selander Gothenburg, Sweden

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