Declan McKenna plays his song "Be An Astronaut" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on November 1, 2023. Be An Astronaut appeared on McKenna's second studio album, Zeros (2020).

McKenna described the song in a press release: “This was when I was really deep into making things as big and extended as they could be. I was obsessed with The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens, where it's just these huge songs. I also knew this would be the second song on the album. After that thrust in, it's this throwback and it's recalling something, recalling thoughts of a childhood, thoughts of growing up and experiencing hardships and experiencing grief. It became quite central to giving the album its spaciness, or at least an aspiration to go to space. I think the album maybe exists in a world not far from our own, but definitely dreams of something bigger. And I think that the whole thing in ‘Be an Astronaut’ is that dreams can be damaging and can often be unattainable, and I think that's the thing.”

Declan McKenna is a 24-year-old British singer-songwriter from Hertfordshire, England. This was the second-to-last night of his Big Return Tour. Joining him onstage were Henry Pearce (keyboards / flute), Isabel Torres (guitar), Linus Fenton (bass), and Ben Limmer (drums).

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Be An Astronaut lyrics:

Daniel do you remember
You were in such a state
The boys that wait
Outside your house
Have got your number
And are not afraid to use it

They’ll probably give it out
To anyone they see
Including me
They’ll probably make up your mind as if you want them to

Oh you!
Those boys tell you what to do all the time
On and later on you said I can be just what I want
And they said you’re lying
Well you were born to be an astronaut
And you’ll do that or die trying
What a way to live and die

And you wonder why
Boys will cry
Boys will be boys
They should listen
Do as their mothers tell them,
“If you know what’s good for you,
Behave yourself this time, for me”
“If you know what’s good for you,
Don’t lay around complaining all day”

Oh my!
The boys that wait are on the line and they’re not crying
On and later on
You will tell them what went wrong and they’ll say you’re lying
But you were born to be an astronaut
And you’ll do that or die trying
There’d be nothing wrong with that

You waste your time, come waste mine

Oh my!
The boys that wait are on the line and they’re not crying
On and later on
You will tell them what went wrong and they’ll say you’re lying
But you were born an astronaut
To do it or die trying
There’d be nothing wrong with that

Written by Declan Benedict McKenna

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Declan McKenna - The Big Return Tour Dates - Leg 3 (2023):
Special guest: Allie Crow Buckley

Sept. 27 - New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
Oct. 1 - Columbia, SC @ The Senate
Oct. 2 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
Oct. 3 - Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal
Oct. 5 - New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre
Oct. 16 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater
Oct. 17 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Oct. 19 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Oct. 21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union
Oct. 23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Oct. 25 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Oct. 29 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Oct. 31 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
Nov. 1 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Nov. 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

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