Bat: 'In 1977, a golden record with messages, music and all things about mankind was sent into deep space on the Voyager 1. It is hoped that, one day, this record will be found by other intelligent life.
This song is a fictional story of how the Golden Record in a “Cosmic Bottle” is found by an intelligent, Godless race. They listen to the music on the record, believe it to be from Gods and decide to follow it back to Earth. When they finally arrive, Earth is a barren planet with no life.
Ultimately, we may self-destruct, destroying this planet and ourselves, but we have left our legacy, lost in space. If or when that happens, an alien race might learn from our mistakes.'
Shane: 'Based on an old instrumental of mine called ‘Atomic Yoo Too’, we worked this one pretty hard until we got a suitable song from the original music. In many ways, this one represents the quintessential Maggy style, where Bat has been able to turn a short musical cue into a bona fide Rock song. Ultimately, we found the sweet spot by detuning a whole step, and revisiting the core musical shifts afresh. There is a coldness about the choruses that is neatly contrasted by the vibrant optimism of the intro and verse sections: again, a great marriage of words and music. As with opening track ‘High Time’, this song features two trademark solos, one from each of us, over the joyful key of E major. Be Happy.'
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