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NASA Lyrics
[Verse 1: Will Swan, Kurt Travis]
Staring at the window panes
Russian roulette with some names on the phone
When I stare at your face, are you even alive?
Oh my god, you're so fucking intelligent
Don't you just love the use of Andy Warhol
We always knew that we were never the best advocates
And it's okay if I'm gray today
[Verse 2: Will Swan]
Holy fuck, I'm impressed!
Too bad I don't have a pussy to plunge in
While I sit here and stomach this
Here's a Nobel prize, let's gamble our demise
[Verse 3: Kurt Travis]
Staring at the window panes
Russian roulette with some names on the phone
Hey you, where you from?
Never mind, just leave me alone
[Verse 4: Will Swan]
I drained the wells so the town has no water
I cut the phone lines and buried the grain
I drained the blood from the fortunate ones
It's self-destruction, 'cause we're all the same
Staring at the window panes
Russian roulette with some names on the phone
When I stare at your face, are you even alive?
Oh my god, you're so fucking intelligent
Don't you just love the use of Andy Warhol
We always knew that we were never the best advocates
And it's okay if I'm gray today
[Verse 2: Will Swan]
Holy fuck, I'm impressed!
Too bad I don't have a pussy to plunge in
While I sit here and stomach this
Here's a Nobel prize, let's gamble our demise
[Verse 3: Kurt Travis]
Staring at the window panes
Russian roulette with some names on the phone
Hey you, where you from?
Never mind, just leave me alone
[Verse 4: Will Swan]
I drained the wells so the town has no water
I cut the phone lines and buried the grain
I drained the blood from the fortunate ones
It's self-destruction, 'cause we're all the same
[Verse 5: Will Swan, Kurt Travis]
Hurry up, trade in your gold for cash
That's what everyone's saying
Don't blame me for post-economical backlash
That's what everybody's doing
Sometimes I can't believe myself
Consequence in the purest form
I've seen it coming from miles away
[Break]
[Outro: Kurt Travis, Will Swan]
I'm down with brown town
I'm down with brown town
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
Hurry up, trade in your gold for cash
That's what everyone's saying
Don't blame me for post-economical backlash
That's what everybody's doing
Sometimes I can't believe myself
Consequence in the purest form
I've seen it coming from miles away
[Break]
[Outro: Kurt Travis, Will Swan]
I'm down with brown town
I'm down with brown town
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
I'm down with brown town
It's only seconds away
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I think based on the context of when the album came out (2009) and the mention of the Nobel Prize, the lines “ Hurry up, trade in your gold for cash” (reference to the economy collapsing), and “Don’t blame me for post economical backlash” I think this song is about the economic crash. I think the song is from the perspective of the Firms that sold bad houses. They would play Russian Roulette with the names on the phone hoping to get anyone to buy a house. Also the lines “ Consequence in the purest form, I’ve seen it coming from miles away” are references to the fact that it was so obvious and looking back everyone said they could see it coming.
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- 2.NASA
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Interlace Audio Studios, Portland, OR
Release Date
May 31, 2009
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