Blast ‘Em

By Rusty Cage

On RC5*

Released on May 8, 2022

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[Intro]

This is the story of Dr. David Bowman

And his robot HAL

As they travel through outer space

Past the Jovian moons

As Dr. Bowman would soon discover

All things are flawed

And at this point

There's no turning back


[Chorus]

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you get in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When the feeling is right

Cause you may never know another new days light

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When the moment arrives

Cause you may never know the final time of your lifе

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you gеt in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon


[Verse 1]

All right

Uh-huh

Uh-huh

Yeah

Uh-huh

Give me a stone monolith and I'ma break

It off clean I'm like a self-automated

Navigation machine

Red light flashing a passion for travelin

Seat belt fastened, apathetical reverend

Ignition has passed

But you may never know how long it's been

Sit back laughin

Blastin through the sky again

In a year you will awake when you

Realize the mission was a fatal mistake

Cryogenic enchambermant

Human hibernation

Reliant on a robot to control the operation

The silence is terror

Systematical error

You find yourself looking in

Your own immaculate mirror

My enthusiasm settings are high

With an accurate percentage 99.9

All precision is flawless

Decisions are lawless

The mission isn't missing

Operations in all this

Yeah, you're a trooper they say

Can you imagine their reaction when you're turning away?

Now you may stay calm and keep a level head

Highly qualified to pilot

As the chronicle said

Communication disconnected

Like a horrible dream

Sorry Dave, as they say

"No one hears you scream"

Cause mutiny really ain't an option

In the voids of space

Only efficiency, perfection

Human error erased


[Chorus]

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you get in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you get in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you get in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

When you get in the groove

Cause you may never know the future all too soon


[Interlude]

Our odyssey continues

Past the point of no return

With the utmost enthusiasm

And an affinity for chess

HAL would prove to be a

Wise companion, indeed

But not all is nominal

So far from home

And all things are flawed

And there's no turning back

[Verse 2: David & HAL]

Captain's log

I think the year is now 2001

I got a feeling like the ship is headed into the sun

I lost control of the gun

And I am soon to become a ghost

I find there's nowhere to run

Where I will be safest the most

My name is David Bowman

And my partner, Frank Poole

Understanding now that HAL

Is just an artificial fool

Somewhere in the wiring

The circuitry slipped

Now I'm busy running laps

Around the circular ship

Now me and Frank, to God we thank

For being awakened at all

As for the rest of all the crewmen

They will die in the stall

As we enter in the navigation

Pod that is near us

Franky turns to me and says

"Ay yo, you think he can hear us?"

"I think we got a problem"

Franky says with a sigh

"So are we gonna wait around

Inside the ship till we die?"

No first things first

Gotta fix communication repair

The A.E. unit that connects us with the station

Exterior ship activity it's time to suit up

A walk in space to replace

What HAL has vowed is corrupt

As Franky floated through the ether

Someone cut off his cord

Leaving me to be the only

Living human aboard

Poor Frank was just a victim

To a ship with no soul

I wonder if I'll ever get mission back in control

Now it's time to take action

Time to switch up my fate

And so it's back into the navigator for my escape

Come on Dave I know that you're a rational man

But you're acting in a fashion

That I can't understand

Now the journey is jeopardized

Your thinking is intoxicated

And I cannot permit a lunatic to confiscate it

Hal! Can you hear me?

Can you hear your faulty logic? (Nah)

Can you see that you've mistakenly

Reported faulty judgment? (Nope)

The calculations that you're making never add up (Alright)

And now I get it

Your program won't allow you to admit it

Nah, that's impossible Dave

I'm tested to be accurate

The problem is a human error

Any way you factor it

Cause I'm incapable of flaw, and I can hear

The elevation in your heart rate

You act out of fear

And you're breathing heavy now

You realize that you blew it

Open the pod bay doors Hal

I'm afraid I can't do it

Cause mutiny ain't an option

In the voids of space

Only efficiency perfection

Human error erased

Drive mode override to manual before I

Blast in the door and find where Hal's

Logic files are stored

Dave what are you doing?

I'm removing your brain

I can feel my mind slipping

That's a part of the plan

Please stop I'm afraid David

I'm sorry old friend

I think that I'm dying

Will I dream in the end?

Doubtful

I can feel my mind slipping

I can feel it

I can feel it

My instructor taught me a song

Would you like to hear it?

Sure HAL

Let's hear it

It's called Daisy

Daisy

Daisy

Give me your answer, do

I'm half crazy

All for the love of you


[Chorus]

You gotta blast em, Eddie

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

Cause you may never know the future all too soon

You gotta blast em, Eddie

Cause you may never know the future all too soon