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Science Friction Lyrics
I look out of my window at night
I see the stars and I'm filled with fright
I got a feeling someone's looking
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ale inside my head
I got a feeling something's cooking
Science friction burns my fingers
Electricity still lingers
Hey put away that ray, how do you martians say
I love you
I read my comics from front to back
I'll be ready for any attack
I got a feeling someone's looking
I see the stars and I'm filled with fright
I got a feeling someone's looking
It ain't the aliens at the foot of my bed
It's more the ale inside my head
I got a feeling something's cooking
Electricity still lingers
Hey put away that ray, how do you martians say
I love you
I'll be ready for any attack
I got a feeling someone's looking
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This song's themed around Andy Partridge's former phobia of the stars (which he had as a kid,) and also his early infatuation of comic books. It's a kid's (Andy's) early worry of alien invaders, and attempts and wonders about how to defend himself.
The first verse is just worry about the stars and alien invaders.
The chorus is a bit of a realization that this fear is effecting him negatively, and him (probably) wondering how to communicate gently to the aliens, like to say "I'm not an enemy."
The second verse is just a kid's idea of being ready to defend yourself because you've read comic books, so "you've read the best of the best" - or at least, as far as you can imagine.