lol I don't get what's with people all over this site always talking about "this song is about THIS and nothing more.", its so lame.
anyway I agree with the general space/culture/media conspiracy vibe to a certain extent. yeah the lyrics make pretty clear allusions to the government 'changing history'/censoring/filtering what the public sees, and sure, 2001: ASO may have been a big influence on Cedrichere -- I know that movie inspired the shit out of me when I finally 'got' it. but the thing that strikes me most about this song is in the music itself, and that's the sheer frustrated sound of it all; just listen to the intro, and Cedric's screams throughout. it's ATDI's most intense and energetic song and to say that its about ONE particular event just seems really narrow-minded. to me "Cosmonaut" captures the feeling of realizing how much bullshit we're fed by those in power, and what a suffocating and hopeless landscape it creates for any free-thinking person . you could say that, besides the Soviet/Stalinist conspiracy and the space connotations, the 'cosmonaut' represents any individual who is constantly seeking the true nature of things, and is aware of the horrors that a dishonest authority brings. hence the sound of the music. it feels like nothing mankind does to better itself and achieve peace matters at all, because the people at the top are going to keep everyone down in their little game for as long as possible. they're going to keep lying, causing the deaths of countless innocents, suppressing the truth where it rears its ugly head, and continue getting away with all of it. the line "am I supposed to die alone?" sums up all the feelings of hopelessness and isolation caused by all those things. a cosmonaut (as I described) would feel like he's dying alone -- nobody cares about what's really going on beneath it all or how the world can achieve peace, only for their instant gratification, just as the government intends it so that they can keep on with their hidden agenda without worry
lol I don't get what's with people all over this site always talking about "this song is about THIS and nothing more.", its so lame.
anyway I agree with the general space/culture/media conspiracy vibe to a certain extent. yeah the lyrics make pretty clear allusions to the government 'changing history'/censoring/filtering what the public sees, and sure, 2001: ASO may have been a big influence on Cedrichere -- I know that movie inspired the shit out of me when I finally 'got' it. but the thing that strikes me most about this song is in the music itself, and that's the sheer frustrated sound of it all; just listen to the intro, and Cedric's screams throughout. it's ATDI's most intense and energetic song and to say that its about ONE particular event just seems really narrow-minded. to me "Cosmonaut" captures the feeling of realizing how much bullshit we're fed by those in power, and what a suffocating and hopeless landscape it creates for any free-thinking person . you could say that, besides the Soviet/Stalinist conspiracy and the space connotations, the 'cosmonaut' represents any individual who is constantly seeking the true nature of things, and is aware of the horrors that a dishonest authority brings. hence the sound of the music. it feels like nothing mankind does to better itself and achieve peace matters at all, because the people at the top are going to keep everyone down in their little game for as long as possible. they're going to keep lying, causing the deaths of countless innocents, suppressing the truth where it rears its ugly head, and continue getting away with all of it. the line "am I supposed to die alone?" sums up all the feelings of hopelessness and isolation caused by all those things. a cosmonaut (as I described) would feel like he's dying alone -- nobody cares about what's really going on beneath it all or how the world can achieve peace, only for their instant gratification, just as the government intends it so that they can keep on with their hidden agenda without worry