Living in a bed, sick, close to the world's end
Sitting in his wife's front, sponging off his girlfriend
Carrie
She says life's right there, babe, should be getting on with it
Had a bit of talent, now you've all but squandered it
It's silly
And his relatives all think that it's a shame
And they say it was a mystery if his dad wasn't exactly the same
The same
He's been a space cadet for years
Says one day he'll be an astronaut
Floating in the hemisphere
And looking down on Hampton Court
But he's always
Always late
And knows one day he'll graduate
Then he'll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire
High above the empire
State, state, state
He's really in a state, state, state
He's in a proper state, state, state
They've got him in a state, state, state
Sofa surfer
Likes a little gamble
A few dodgy debts that he says he can handle
Maybe
Never knocked brass six days in most nights
Jostled into pixelated princesses on websites
Frantically
And his family all say that it's a waste
Always
And they wash their mouths out with self-righteousness
To hide the bitter taste
The taste
He's been a space cadet for years
Says one day he'll be an astronaut

Floating in the hemisphere
And looking down on Hampton Court
But he's always late
And knows one day he'll graduate
Then he'll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire
High above the empire
Carrie's love is cold and congealed
Like last night's takeaway and she feels
She might have to do some kind
A midnight flip
All there is to say has been said
And though it's a mess to put it off
And as the sky's turning pink, she leaves her keys by the sink
And takes one last look at our hero's face
He's been a space cadet for years, says one day he'll be an astronaut
Floating in the hemisphere, looking down on Hampton Court
He's always late, and knows one day he'll graduate
Then he'll be floating in the ozone
High above the empire, high above the empire
High above the empire state
Now life goes on, it will be played out
Someone's supposed to have some man before the fade out
Now life goes on, it will be played out
Someone's supposed to have some man before the fade out
Now life goes on, it will be played out
Someone's supposed to have some man before the fade out
Before the fade out