I think this song is about space, the whole album is essentially about this topic as
you can read below. “Way out alone” as in alone in outer space “I sat up cold” It’s cold in space. Or it could be about a human on some kind of alien surgical table. “Gentlemen, he says, just grab that peach” I think the song overall might be about a mission to Mars gone wrong. Mars, while often referred to as the Red Planet, is actually kind of peachy in color.
Regarding the overall lyrical direction of "Niratias", vocalist Pete Loeffler said: "It has a lot of space to it, a lot of interstellar travel to it. You've got Elon Musk trying to get to Mars and that was completely fascinating to me so when I write lyrics, it's just kind of made its way in there. As you'll see with the cover, it's sort of space themed as well.
He added: "I love the idea of the cosmos and I love Carl Sagan and Elon Musk and Neil deGrasse Tyson and all these people that look beyond and look to the future. Getting off this planet is part of that future if we can do it. It's funny when you started to delve into it how difficult that really is. How are you gonna deal with radiation out in a spaceship for nine months or longer than that? It's fascinating. It just made its way into the music."
I think this song is about space, the whole album is essentially about this topic as you can read below. “Way out alone” as in alone in outer space “I sat up cold” It’s cold in space. Or it could be about a human on some kind of alien surgical table. “Gentlemen, he says, just grab that peach” I think the song overall might be about a mission to Mars gone wrong. Mars, while often referred to as the Red Planet, is actually kind of peachy in color.
Regarding the overall lyrical direction of "Niratias", vocalist Pete Loeffler said: "It has a lot of space to it, a lot of interstellar travel to it. You've got Elon Musk trying to get to Mars and that was completely fascinating to me so when I write lyrics, it's just kind of made its way in there. As you'll see with the cover, it's sort of space themed as well.
He added: "I love the idea of the cosmos and I love Carl Sagan and Elon Musk and Neil deGrasse Tyson and all these people that look beyond and look to the future. Getting off this planet is part of that future if we can do it. It's funny when you started to delve into it how difficult that really is. How are you gonna deal with radiation out in a spaceship for nine months or longer than that? It's fascinating. It just made its way into the music."