Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Reach for the stars
Whoa, yeah..
You stand on a distant planet
Skyline of red plateaus
Strange air and vegetation
You're a winner
Welcome to the space olympics
The year 3022
Take part in a grand tradition
Your name echoes in the halls of the universe
Oh, yeah
Believe in yourself
Take your game into outer space
Every single galactic athlete
Needs a coded ID badge
Drug tests are mandatory
You're a winner
The athlete's village is on Zargon
You all get a junior suite
We don't cover incidentals
So keep your ass out the mini-bar
You're the best in the world
Brace yourself cause there's no gravity
You're in the motherfuckin' Space Olympics, yeah
You'll be known by every nation
You'll only get one meal a day
There was a bit of a budget snafu
And food funding is insufficient
We can't really enforce a curfew
As there is no light or sound
Just one of the many problems with hosting a sporting event in space
Attention all athletes
There are minor scheduling adjustments
Space disc is totally cancelled
Space swords is totally cancelled
Space luge is also cancelled
And all other events are pending
Welcome to your Space Olympics
All the oxygen has run out
And someone who will not be named
Accidentally hit self-destruct
As you file to your escape pods
I'll distract the alien hoards
And as I stare death in the face
I know my sins will take me to hell
You do it for the love
My love
And there ain't no woman that can take your spot, my love
Whoa, yeah..
You stand on a distant planet
Skyline of red plateaus
Strange air and vegetation
You're a winner
Welcome to the space olympics
The year 3022
Take part in a grand tradition
Your name echoes in the halls of the universe
Oh, yeah
Believe in yourself
Take your game into outer space
Every single galactic athlete
Needs a coded ID badge
Drug tests are mandatory
You're a winner
The athlete's village is on Zargon
You all get a junior suite
We don't cover incidentals
So keep your ass out the mini-bar
You're the best in the world
Brace yourself cause there's no gravity
You're in the motherfuckin' Space Olympics, yeah
You'll be known by every nation
You'll only get one meal a day
There was a bit of a budget snafu
And food funding is insufficient
We can't really enforce a curfew
As there is no light or sound
Just one of the many problems with hosting a sporting event in space
Attention all athletes
There are minor scheduling adjustments
Space disc is totally cancelled
Space swords is totally cancelled
Space luge is also cancelled
And all other events are pending
Welcome to your Space Olympics
All the oxygen has run out
And someone who will not be named
Accidentally hit self-destruct
As you file to your escape pods
I'll distract the alien hoards
And as I stare death in the face
I know my sins will take me to hell
You do it for the love
My love
And there ain't no woman that can take your spot, my love
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
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I love this song because it's so tragically hilarious. I feel bad for all the stupid tards in the Space Olympics.
YOU'RE A WINNER!
Damn, I was about to compete in Space Luge!!!
"And there ain't no woman that can take your spot, my love". I C wut U did there
What do you mean?
The song is hilarious...The Olympics start then gradually just deteriorate. Everything goes wrong.
I don't get the end.
"You do it for the love My love And there ain't no woman that can take your spot, my love"
Hilarious song though.
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3022? Must be the winter motherfuckin space olympics.