Diamonds in the face of night time
Watch them as they float along
I was up there floating with them
And you know that I am gone
The radio sings a patriot’s song, it’s the devil that you know
Yulia

We were standing on the platform
The favorite sons of history
While you’re back in Prostronaya
Writing in your diary
They flip on switch at mission control and I’m never coming home
Yulia

Oh! I woke up from a fever dream
Oh! Of floating in the salty sea
I’m stranded up here floating along
and my heart beats slow and I hope they
Bring my body back
Yulia

So when they turn the cameras on you
Baby please don’t speak of me
Point up to the dark above you
As they edit me from history
I’m 20 million miles from a comfortable home
And space is very cold
Yulia

There’s nothing out here nothing out here nothing out
nothing out here nothing out here there’s nothing out here
nothing nothing out here nothing out here nothing nothing out

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Heres my take on this song. He seems to be comparing his life as a musician in the big time, a "star" if you will, to being a space cadet.
My first clue was the similarity of the song's first two lines and Issaac Broc's two songs: "Diamonds on the face of evil", and "Float On". He's refering to the early days of his career when he first got signed by Sub Pop records through their A&R agent Isaac Broc. Dan was "up there floating with them" (the band Modest Mouse and friends) playing on stage and being adored by fans ("we were standing on the platform, the favorite sons of history") But life as a musician has alienated him from his old life and "Yulia". And has made him spaced out. Also, even though Boekner says he wasn't in the interview, I really do think he was talking about corporate control of the radio. Its about both.

Heres my take on this song. He seems to be comparing his life as a musician in the big time, a "star" if you will, to being a space cadet. My first clue was the similarity of the song's first two lines and Issaac Broc's two songs: "Diamonds on the face of evil", and "Float On". He's refering to the early days of his career when he first got signed by Sub Pop records through their A&R agent Isaac Broc. Dan was "up there floating with them" (the band Modest Mouse and friends) playing on stage and being adored by fans ("we were standing on the platform, the favorite sons of history") But life as a musician has alienated him from his old life and "Yulia". And has made him spaced out. Also, even though Boekner says he wasn't in the interview, I really do think he was talking about corporate control of the radio. Its about both.

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daboognish88on April 24, 2012 Link
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He is making a parallell with the imprisoned, beautiful but somewhat corrpupt, Yulia Tymoshenko: Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Ð®Ð»Ñ–Ñ Ð’Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ñ–Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¢Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾ÑˆÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾, pronounced [ËˆjulijÉ‘ Ê‹É”lÉ”ËˆdÉªmÉªriÊ‹nÉ‘ tÉªmÉ”ËˆÊƒÉ›nkÉ”]), nÃ©e Grigyan[4][5] (Ukrainian: ÒÑ€Ñ–Ò‘ÑÐ½),[6] born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010.[7][8] She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2005.[9] Tymoshenko is the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. She has been a practising economist and academic. Prior to her political career, Yulia Tymoshenko was a successful but controversial businesswoman in the gas industry, becoming by some estimates one of the richest people in the country. Before becoming Ukraine's first female Prime Minister in 2005,[10] Tymoshenko co-led the Orange Revolution.[11] Tymoshenko was a candidate in the Ukrainian presidential elections of 2010,[12] but lost this election to Viktor Yanukovych (Tymoshenko received 45.47% of the votes in the second and final round[13] of this election[14][15]). At first Tymoshenko challenged the election results, claiming the vote was rigged,[16][17] but withdrew her appeal on 20 February 2010, stating, "It became clear that the court is not out to establish the truth".[18] Since May 2010 a number of criminal cases have been opened against Tymoshenko.[19] On 11 October 2011, a Ukrainian court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of abuse of office when brokering the 2009 gas deal with Russia.[20] The conviction is seen as "justice being applied selectively under political motivation" by the European Union and other international organizations.[21] Tymoshenko is currently being held in prison in Kharkiv region and was on hunger strike from 20 April 2012 until 9 May 2012.[22][23][24] Poshekhonye (Russian: ÐŸÐ¾ÑˆÐµÑ…Ð¾ÌÐ½ÑŒÐµ) is a town and the administrative center of Poshekhonsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 151 kilometers (94 mi) northwest of Yaroslavl.

Lafcadio1on July 13, 2012