“Blast Off!" is the eighth track off of Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo. Previously leaked online, the song was originally written by Cuomo as the opening track to the aborted rock opera concept album Songs from the Black Hole. The melody for "Blast Off!" can be traced to at least two earlier songs composed by Rivers Cuomo: "Simply State," demoed in the spring of 1992, and "Negativland", recorded in May of 1993 about the experimental music band of the same name. Read more on Last.fm.
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The opening song to Songs from the Black Hole; the unreleased rock opera that tells a sad, but eye opening tale. This song brings us into the eyes of Jonas, an astronaut embarking on a space mission and… Read More
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[JONAS:]
Blast off! Up to the stars we go!
And leave behind everything I used to know
Somebody's giving me a whole lot of money
To do what I think I want to
So why am I still feeling blue? Oh Wuan and Dondo!
[WUAN and DONDO:]
Goddamn! Get your head out of your hands!
Here's to all the times we're gonna have
Cooped up for a year with the two best looking
Babes I've seen all year
[WUAN:]
Get me another bottle of beer, cause I'm feelin' fine!
[JONAS:]
Go ahead, waste your head
We've got the time
I hope you don't object that I
Speak my mind
[M1:]
Don't forget the purpose of the mission
Or Nomis will get swallowed by its sun
Each one of you is a top graduate
Of the Star Corps Academy
It's up to you to reach for a dream! Oh Wuan and Dondo!
[WUAN:]
Go ahead, waste your life
On silly fears
I hope you don't object if I
Crack another beer, yeah!
[DONDO:]
Hold on, who is it here that I see?
Wasn't she your favorite bitch in the academy?
[JONAS:]
I don't know if I wanna lead on this woman
You know, I've done that before
She's actually a good girl
[DONDO:]
Or at least a cheap ho...
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