Spacerace Is Over

Billy Bragg

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Sun 23 Nov 1997 21:23:19 +0000 (Z) > Subject: UPDATE : b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd >From Willam Bloke / / /  /   /    /   /  /          /         /                                     x2 When I was young I told my mum    gonna walk on the moon someday Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me     through Houston and Cape Kennedy and I watched the Eagle landing  on a night when the moon was full and as it tugged at the tides  I knew that deep inside I too could feel its pull               x2 I lie in my bed and dreamed I walked     on the sea of tranquillity I knew that someday soon we’d all   sail to the moon on the high tide of                                                               technology but the dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too and two thousand & one has almost come and gone what am I supposed to do? [chorus]: now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I’ll never get to the moon now that the space race is over and I can’t help but feel  that we’ve all grown up too soon               x2 now my dreams have all been shattered and my wings are tattered too and I can still fly but not half as high as once I wanted to now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I’ll never get to the moon now that the space race is over and I can’t help but think that we’ve all grown up too soon               x2 my son and I stand beneath the great night sky and we gaze up in wonder I tell him the tale of apollo and he says yeah but why did they ever go? It may look like some empty gesture to go all that was just to come     E (arp.) back but don’t offer me a place out in cyber space  coz where in the hell’s                                                                that at? now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I’ll never get out of my room now that the space race is over and I can’t help but think that we’re all just going nowhere The little bridging bit between verses ($) is :      A  As9 e ------------0-----------| B ---2--0--2--2--2--0-----| G ---2--2--2-----2--2-----| D ---2--2--2--------------| A ---0--------------------| E ------------------------| EADGBe 022100 - E 799877 - B 244222 - x46654 - C#m arp. is arpeggiate the E                             Nic                                                             Nic.Bouc.com                                       

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La chanson évoque la nostalgie et la désillusion face aux rêves d'exploration spatiale. Elle commence par des souvenirs d’enfance, où l’on imaginait un futur radieux, avec des voyages lunaires rendus possibles grâce aux avancées technologiques. Cependant, ce rêve semble maintenant hors de portée, laissant un sentiment d'impuissance et de perte. Le narrateur se rend compte que les aspirations d'antan ont disparu, et il se questionne sur le sens de ces exploits, tout en cherchant un sens à sa vie dans un monde qui a évolué trop rapidement. À travers ses réflexions sur le passé, on sent un contraste avec l’innocence de l'enfance, alors qu'il partage ces pensées avec son propre fils, illustrant le cycle de l'émerveillement et de la désillusion.