Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled

This is the whole point of the song. To be very powerful in its nature, to show and convey the results of the actions people are taking sometimes, and causing this stupid things, like taking their own lives, by fear and lack of hope. The connection or even comperison between this very naive plain description of a "soft" love to someone - As in a first love, seen through the eyes and experimentation of children, or so - which crashes down with the manner of the Heaven's Gate cult: This song, that comes before the horrifing nature of the audio takes of the videoclips taken by the prime members of the cult that follows it, can be very much interpret as the brain washes of the cult. Of what has been going on inside their heads. It makes you look at this issue in a twisted way, 'cuz it's described so plain and innocent like, so calm and relaxing, which is the opposite obviously. Like trying to see things, or better yet to describe their emotions even, by this numbing situation.

As for lctepebiir, this song will forever remind me of my first love story wich began this 2008 summer with the daughter of my neighbors. My best friend made me discover that group and I'll never thank him enough for this : this band is one of the best I've never known with Pink Floyd and Tool.

The song is so calm and relaxing ! It's weird that the second part speech is about mass suicide, in contrast with the beautiful and peaciful melody playing backwards. One of the best songs forever.

PS : The title also made me think of H2G2 =)

This one is about the Heaven's Gate cult. At Nearfest 2001, Steve Wilson explained it.

This song reminds me of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy :)

Yeah, the title makes me think of the Hitchhiker's Guide too :D

The first half is just a cheesy little nostalgic song about young love. The second half contains audio clips from videotapes left by the Heaven's Gate cult...those nut jobs that killed themselves when the Hale Bopp comet came around.

eh, i like it

Well described, Snufkin.

this is THE song, it has simplicity and power in saying about that one and only feeling- first love... of a very sensitive someone- Steven Wilson, who said it in the most simple and therefore beautiful way; but, this song isn't just about it's lyrics, it's about that guitar and voice telling you that they came from a distant space and another dimension... it's required that you leave behind everything of human ways human behaviour human ignorance human disinformation if I would ever titled this tape it would be... the last chance to evacuate planet earth before it is recycled... last chance to evacuate earth before it is... recycled and then they all just killed themselves... shocking it thrills me out- because I've known it... well, this IS the story of summer 1981 but olso it IS the story of my summer 2003, when my life changed because of that song and one boy, and the simplicity of... love I love songs that hide memories- this one hides the most treasured one

there must have been a girl that he only vistited in the summer time.. trains (always the summers...) and also this song.,, if only i could ask steven himself , he would probably make things clearer..