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Rahel — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:57:00 -0000

that you played on the same piano is not really weird. its called home. a place you come back to. mögest du immer wissen wohin du zurückkehren wirst.

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Rahel — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:57:01 -0000

that you played on the same piano is not really weird. its called home. a place you come back to. mögest du immer wissen wohin du zurückkehren wirst.

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hollyelle — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:38:00 -0000

It's been a while since this was posted, but I had googled an explanation for "Astronaut" because I have been listening to it on repeat. My Grandpa, who raised my sister and I as if he were a father, passed away the day after Christmas. I am having a hard time dealing a bit more than I thought I would....but this song reminds me of him and is comforting. It is also comforting to get an idea behind why this song was written.

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hollyelle — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:38:24 -0000

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elly — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:38:00 -0000

There was someone impossible I let close to me once. When I first heard this song is was during the climax of it. It made me cry, but I was also relieved to know someone such as you has experienced the one-sidedness of falling in love with someone who is all over the place but you can never touch them or even catch up with them no matter how hard you try. He loved me and I'm pretty sure I could have as well, but we could never work out. He vanished after I moved on, it was all in good terms. I will never talk to him again. He was one of the rare types who could make anyone smile and one of the most interesting people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing...
Thank you for this song. You're really good at coming up with music that I feel I can relate to. Makes people not feel so alienated in the world.

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elly — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:38:11 -0000

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Shiloh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:25:00 -0000

I always like to think of this song as the answer to either David Bowie's Space Oddity, Elton John's Rocketman, or Peter Schillig's Major Tom (Coming home) since all 3 songs mention the astronaut's wife.

...Although, I guess the line "tell my wife I love her very much, she knows!" negates the comparison.

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Shiloh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:25:34 -0000

...Although, I guess the line "tell my wife I love her very much, she knows!" negates the comparison.

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Caitlin Nielsen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:06:00 -0000

I will re-created that jacket out of duct tape. It is delicious. this is probly my favorite song. The line" I wanna touch the back of your right arm," has so much meaning to me and so much emotion behind it. Beautiful song AFP, keep it up.

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Caitlin Nielsen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:06:44 -0000

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Kevin BettyWhite — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:30:00 -0000

AMANDA FP..!!.. I was very excited to hear about the East Coast tour, but very disappointed to find that the Portland show is 21 & up.

I met you at after seeing With the Needle that Sings in her Heart, and I said, "AMANDA, COME TO MAINE AGAIN."

If I can't go to this one I have to go out of state. : O
I did it for the play, which was totally worth it, but..

WE NEVER HAVE CONCERTS IN Maine.

Love,
Kevin, who stole you a road sign.

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Kevin BettyWhite — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:30:25 -0000

AMANDA FP..!!.. I was very excited to hear about the East Coast tour, but very disappointed to find that the Portland show is 21 & up.

I met you at after seeing With the Needle that Sings in her Heart, and I said, "AMANDA, COME TO MAINE AGAIN."

If I can't go to this one I have to go out of state. : O
I did it for the play, which was totally worth it, but..

WE NEVER HAVE CONCERTS IN Maine.

Love,
Kevin, who stole you a road sign.

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Marcela Santos — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:43:00 -0000

Astronaut was the first song I ever heard you sing, even before listening to The Dresden Dolls. It reminded me of all the love I've always wanted and couldn't have, it just kept randomly flying into space, like an astronaut.

Greetings from Mexico!

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Marcela Santos — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:43:54 -0000

Greetings from Mexico!

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Alan Arenque Incurtido — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:08:00 -0000

Hi Amanda! well...I speak spanish and not much english...so I don´t understan a lot of things...but I just have to say I love the work you did with Michael Pope as a film director...well, bye
Hope you´re well...
Greetings from Mexico...
(and please say "hello" to Zoe for me, I love her music too, I´m finally learning to play cello)

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Alan Arenque Incurtido — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:08:32 -0000

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David_Levine — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:04:00 -0000

I loved this post so much Amanda! I love the song too, but Have to Drive is my WKAP favorite and the one that most often gets stuck in my head. It was stuck there for almost all of the 80 mile bike ride I took yesterday ... Thanks so much for sharing your nerd-tomboy photos with us, and for your touching memories of the Challenger disaster. I watched it unfold live with my 6- and 3-year old daughter and son and aged 10 years in 5 minutes.

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RandomGit — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:51:00 -0000

I love it when your songs speak of the true nature of experience. That Love isn't always some fairytale of hope or a pit of generic, trite sorrows. For me Astronaut is that sort of song that describes a love for someone whose core of attraction that draws you in is also what keeps you from drawing level with them. They are unattainable, the love is unrequited but yet you are unrelenting.Such a perfect tragedy. Damn I hope you do another Australia tour soon.

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David_Levine — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:04:36 -0000

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RandomGit — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:51:45 -0000

I love it when your songs speak of the true nature of experience. That Love isn't always some fairytale of hope or a pit of generic, trite sorrows. For me Astronaut is that sort of song that describes a love for someone whose core of attraction that draws you in is also what keeps you from drawing level with them. They are unattainable, the love is unrequited but yet you are unrelenting.

Such a perfect tragedy. Damn I hope you do another Australia tour soon.

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flegias — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:20:00 -0000

Thank you for this profound explanation. Awesome song and awesome video. Maybe I'm totally wrong, but I've always considered "Astronaut" the other side of the coin compared to the old Bowie song "Space Oddity". Same story, different point of views.

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flegias — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:20:02 -0000

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flegias — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:13:07 -0000

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doubleuvalley — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:58:00 -0000

this song is my favourite one of wkap. The feeling of this song is so unique ... I love it. The video fits perfectly =) Thanks amanda for describing the situations which made you write it . It's always interesting what kind of feelings/situtations made someone create art even though some people may interpretate the result differently

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doubleuvalley — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:58:24 -0000