Frank Black said "I almost saw the lost Mars probe of '93, and became lonely when I feared there was only sky." The song is about the probe Phobos II sent by the Russians (sent off to observe, like human eyes out of the head) not appearing "Well that's just how some things don't materialize." Why didn't it appear? Maybe it jsut broke and fell to the planet, or maybe the aliens took the probe as a joke.
Frank Black said "I almost saw the lost Mars probe of '93, and became lonely when I feared there was only sky." The song is about the probe Phobos II sent by the Russians (sent off to observe, like human eyes out of the head) not appearing "Well that's just how some things don't materialize." Why didn't it appear? Maybe it jsut broke and fell to the planet, or maybe the aliens took the probe as a joke.