| The New Pornographers – Failsafe Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[DJgif:47286] I know I'm chiming over a decade late, but I think the relevant definition of failsafe still hasn't been mentioned. It's a military term related to an operational system where pilots must assume their current bombing mission has been aborted unless they have received explicit orders to proceed by the time they reach a designated point, known as the failsafe point or simply *failsafe*. I'm not military, so I my be describing this slightly incorrectly, but I learned this today after watching the Moral Oral episode "Dumb", which used "Failsafe" in place of the opening theme. I think the concept is kind of beautiful (and the song is lovely too, albeit the lyrics are clearly a bit darker than the idea of a pilot hoping not to have to bomb anyone today). |
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