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The search is on
We're strapping in
Our rocket ship is blasting off
You can have another song
But this one's for the astronauts
The ones who roam around the globe
Exploring the periphery
Maybe we should send a probe
Investigate a mystery
I'm just another human man
I wonder what becomes of us
Floating through the universe
Suspended on a speck of dust
And most of us are wondering
Like what are we supposed to do
But if you listen hard enough
A little voice is telling you
To hold on
Hold on
Maybe we'll reach that place someday
Hold on
Hold on
Maybe we'll reach that place someday
And all these politician types
Pretending that they give a shit
Would ruin every planet if we let them get away with it
We need to find another world
But must protect the one we're on
Planet Earth is paradise
Let's fight for it before it's gone
We're poisoning the atmosphere
And dredging up the ocean floor
Proud of all the work you've done
Then what'd you cut the funding for
We're taking our intelligence
And pointing it towards the light
If you don't see a problem here
I wonder how you sleep at night
Now hold on
Hold on
Maybe we'll reach that place some day
Hold on
Hold on
Maybe we'll reach that place some day
Maybe we'll reach that place some day
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Oh yeah you know
We’ll sail the machines
We'll make the machines
3-2-1
It looks like we’ve had our fun
We’re going to have to run
To some other star
Unless we’d like to perish where we are
Unless we’d like to perish where we are
If this new
Astronomy textbook’s true
We’re going to have to do
Impossible things
Like sail precise machines through Saturn’s rings
Like sail precise machines through Saturn’s rings
[♫ cosmic space music ♫]
Rocket! Cassini! Let’s go!
Rocket! Cassini! Let’s go!
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Why
We'll never know
An infinite void
And where does it go
As we wait
Until the sun
Carries us off
At the speed of a gun
And I'm sure it happens all the time
To better men than I
Life is just a river that I'm wandering along
It happens everday
A billion miles away
And I'm getting pretty tired of all the fighting going on
We
Will never say
It's only our life
We're running away
And that all of life might end
Imagining us
Imaging them
And I'm sure it happens all the time
To better men than I
Life is just a ripple that I'm wandering along
It happens everyday
A billion miles away
And I'm getting pretty tired of all the fighting going on
And I'm getting pretty tired of all the fighting going on
And I'm getting pretty tired of all the fighting going on
[♫ cosmic space music ♫]
Dance dance why don't you dance
Dance dance why don't you dance
Dance dance why don't you dance
Dance dance why don't you dance
Going on going on going on going on
Carried away by love
Going on going on going on going on
Carried away by love
And I'm getting pretty
And I'm getting pretty
And I'm getting pretty tired of all the fighting going on
Carried away by love
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A musical tribute to NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn, which came to a spectacular conclusion on September 15th 2017.
The music on this space-themed EP was inspired by the cosmic sounds of tropicalia, 70s funk, lounge and bossanova. I decided early on that there would be no pianos - just clavinets, synths, phasers, drum machines, and maybe the occasional flute or oboe thrown in for good measure.
"If this new / Astronomy textbook's true / We're going to have to do / Impossible things / Like sail precise machines through Saturn's rings"
More info on the Cassini mission here:
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
Cover Photo courtesy of NASA
Cover Design by Rory Lavelle
released October 15, 2017
All Songs Written, Recorded and Performed by Rory Lavelle
