a-ha - As If (lyrics)

As If - a-ha True North 2022 Songwriter: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy ----------------------------------------------------- Image: Hubble Space Telescope/NASA, ESA, STScI Date: 07/11/2019 Lensed Galaxy in Galaxy Cluster PSZ1 G311.65-18.48 Constellation: Apus Distance: 4.6 billion light-years The foreground galaxy cluster is so massive that its gravity distorts the fabric of spacetime, bending and magnifying the light from the more distant galaxy behind it. This "warping mirror" effect not only stretches the background image of the galaxy, but also creates multiple images of the same galaxy. --------------------------------------------- AS IF When you point at the sky What you hit will be far away Funny that With the naked eye You might look at a star and say It's like somebody's playing with us It's borderline suspicious As if The hum of the heavens above Murmurs from the afterglow Will not be mysteries for all tomorrows As if I'll empty out a lake with a spoon Buy a plot of land on the moon Where we can hide away And tend our sorrows Will you look at the time I don't know what Got over me Yes, I do Hope you don't mind I'll be off Momentarily For me to intrude In this way Highly unusual You might say As if Like a shirt worn thin through the years I'll let you down the moment I tear I can assure you That won't happen ever As if You're standing On the edge of a cliff Unaware your footing might slip I won't be there to push you back forever As if The hum of the heavens above Murmurs from the afterglow Will not be mysteries for all tomorrows As if I'll empty out a lake with a spoon Buy a plot of land on the moon Where we can hide away And tend our sorrows As if As if As if As if