I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
(All spoken:)
Whoa, terrific, feel the shaking! This big glass window is shaking, & we're holding it with our hands! Look at that rocket go!
Even the rich and famous Beatles, searching for peace of mind, take off for India to study transcendental meditation with a high-priced guru. Everywhere there is heavy and continued consumption of pot. On the stage, nudity becomes popular. On the university campuses, students "sit in" to protest the existing order. And on television, Rowan and Martin do the same with their "Laugh-In."
We have ignition...
What are the Russians really up to? In--
"3, 2, 1, 0, we have commit, we have--we have liftoff at 7:31 AM, Eastern Standard Time."
"Liftoff, the clock is running."
"Roger, clock."
Time is 3:43 PM, Central Daylight Time, May 21st, & Apollo 10 is behind the moon as it goes for insertion into lunar orbit.
It's very quiet in this control room right now. Few conversations going, but not very many. Most controllers sitting at their consoles very quietly.
Spider prepares to cast off from Gumdrop to continue an Earth orbit all on its own. If it fails to manage independent flight, if it should prove unable to return for a recoupling with Apollo 9, it means death for McDivitt and Schweickart. The LEM, being without a heat shield, cannot return to Earth.
This is Radio Moscow...
...On our planet. Now certainly we all recognize the extremely, extremely low probability of life existing on the moon.
"Ah, thank you very much, know it'll be a good one."
"Um, CDR, STC, how do you read me?"
"STC, loud and good."
"Okay, Neil, have a good one."
"You bet."
"All right, uh..."
This is a moment that was predicted with astonishing clairvoyance by Jules Verne, the great French master of science fiction, in imagining a moon shot that took off from Florida, with a crew of 3 men, in a spacecraft similar to Apollo 11, and named Columbia.
"9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, liftoff, we have liftoff.
"Roger, clock."
"Clock start, flight, roger."
"Thrusters go, all engines, roger."
"Clear the tower!"
"Roger, we got a--"
"More--"
It is now firmly established that a rocket CAN function in a vacuum.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The ability for man to walk and act and live in other worlds has virtually assured mankind immortality. We can from now on move to where we want to go, whether other worlds can support our life, or we can modify the environment in such a way that we find other places comfortable and livable also.
Whoa, terrific, feel the shaking! This big glass window is shaking, & we're holding it with our hands! Look at that rocket go!
Even the rich and famous Beatles, searching for peace of mind, take off for India to study transcendental meditation with a high-priced guru. Everywhere there is heavy and continued consumption of pot. On the stage, nudity becomes popular. On the university campuses, students "sit in" to protest the existing order. And on television, Rowan and Martin do the same with their "Laugh-In."
We have ignition...
What are the Russians really up to? In--
"3, 2, 1, 0, we have commit, we have--we have liftoff at 7:31 AM, Eastern Standard Time."
"Liftoff, the clock is running."
"Roger, clock."
Time is 3:43 PM, Central Daylight Time, May 21st, & Apollo 10 is behind the moon as it goes for insertion into lunar orbit.
It's very quiet in this control room right now. Few conversations going, but not very many. Most controllers sitting at their consoles very quietly.
Spider prepares to cast off from Gumdrop to continue an Earth orbit all on its own. If it fails to manage independent flight, if it should prove unable to return for a recoupling with Apollo 9, it means death for McDivitt and Schweickart. The LEM, being without a heat shield, cannot return to Earth.
This is Radio Moscow...
...On our planet. Now certainly we all recognize the extremely, extremely low probability of life existing on the moon.
"Ah, thank you very much, know it'll be a good one."
"Um, CDR, STC, how do you read me?"
"STC, loud and good."
"Okay, Neil, have a good one."
"You bet."
"All right, uh..."
This is a moment that was predicted with astonishing clairvoyance by Jules Verne, the great French master of science fiction, in imagining a moon shot that took off from Florida, with a crew of 3 men, in a spacecraft similar to Apollo 11, and named Columbia.
"9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, liftoff, we have liftoff.
"Roger, clock."
"Clock start, flight, roger."
"Thrusters go, all engines, roger."
"Clear the tower!"
"Roger, we got a--"
"More--"
It is now firmly established that a rocket CAN function in a vacuum.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The ability for man to walk and act and live in other worlds has virtually assured mankind immortality. We can from now on move to where we want to go, whether other worlds can support our life, or we can modify the environment in such a way that we find other places comfortable and livable also.
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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