Noah Kahan - Orbiter (Official Lyric Video)

Noah Kahan - Orbiter (Official Lyric Video) with tags noah kahan, mercury records, alternative

Official Lyric Video for “Orbiter” by Noah Kahan

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Creative Direction: Mikey Lavi

Animation: Grace Hartrick

Photography: Patrick McCormack

Lyrics:

I look exhausted, oh stiff and awkward on the outside of the moment

It’s not my first time bitter drunk on a red carpet

Or my first time losing, and it won't be my last

You said ignore it

Oh California’s so much more than some award show

You’re no more important than an insect on a window

They’ll see you climbing but won’t care until you get close

You said some people don’t know why they’re wolves

They just howl for the sound of it

Some will never know they’re beautiful

Until the crowd points it out for them

But I see you through a camera flash

I look back and you laugh and this is hard

But I feel less far

This ain’t Watertown

I’m on alien ground

I’m a college kid

With my windows down

I’m an astronaut

You’re the moon

I stare at you

I sing to you

I circle you

Rain on a steel roof, leaks through the ceiling

Hits the patrons in the ballroom

You said “oh look babe, even God is trying to warn you

all this ain’t for you”

But I cling to my seat

I guess some people don’t know why they’re wolves

They just howl for the sound of it

Some will never know they’re beautiful

Until the crowd points it out for them

But I see you through a camera flash

I look back and you laugh and this is hard

But I feel less far

This ain’t Watertown

I’m on alien ground

I’m a college kid

With my windows down

I’m an astronaut

You’re the moon

I stare at you

I sing to you

And I clutch my cloth

And I bite my tongue

I’m an aging wolf

Who lost the taste for blood

Even anxious pups need the moon

I howl for you

I sing to you

I circle you

I circle you

I circle you

If I’m gonna lose you either way

If I’m gonna lose you either way

If I’m gonna lose you either way

If I’m gonna lose you either way

Music video by Noah Kahan performing Orbiter (Lyric Video).© 2026 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.