Asthenia Lyrics
"Go ahead, Spider. Gumdrop here."
"Rodger. Do you want the tape off now, also?"
[pong]
"It doesn't say so. Seems like a good idea, though."
"Yes. Tape coming off."
[pong]
[ping]
"And Spider, Gumdrop—"
[ping]
"Okay. We're configuring the CSM now for the—"
"Go ahead, Jim."
"—LM data, and we want you to go to TELEMETRY LOW."
"Rodger. We're TELEMETRY LOW."
[pong]
"VHF B transmitter to DATA and VHF B receiver OFF."
"Roger. Got it."
"Okay. We've already done the antenna checks."
"Just a second."
[ping]
"Spider, this is Houston. Could you give us high bit rate, please?"
[ping]
"Roger. Houston, Spider. High bit rate. How do you read Houston?"
"I read you five-square, (and Gumdrop, I'm copying you five-by-five)"—
[ping]
Last night, it came as a picture
With a good reason, a warning sign
This place is void of all passion
If you can imagine, it's easy if you try
Believe me, I failed this effort
I wrote a reminder this wasn't a vision
This time, where are you, Houston?
Is somebody out there? Will somebody listen?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I hope I won't forget you
[Verse 2: Tom DeLonge]
My head is made up of memories
Most of them useless delusions
This room is bored of rehearsal
And sick of the boundaries, I miss you so much
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
This time, I don't want to
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I hope I won't forget you
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
This time, I don't want to
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I hope I won't forget you
About
“Asthenia” is an eerie song about isolation and contemplating loneliness. Tom DeLonge explained the song’s meaning in the album’s liner notes:
This song is about one thing only, an astronaut sitting in a space capsule about the size of a car, floating above the earth. He’s contemplating if even coming back or not will make a difference on such a negative place. A song about the loss of hope. A term was coined for the breakdown of life in space and it is called Asthenia, the name of the track. At the beginning of the song are actual NASA transmissions.
Q&A
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Bassist/Singer Mark Hoppus provided some info about the song’s guitar sound in the album’s liner notes as well:
One of the coolest sounds on the entire record is Tom’s guitar in the intro, when the drums come in. We plugged his guitar into a Leslie Cabinet, and the tube in it was dying, glowing purple. It made a gorgeous, scratchy sound that really complements the Lost in Space theme song.
- 1.Feeling This
- 2.Obvious
- 3.I Miss You
- 4.Violence
- 7.Down
- 9.Go
- 10.Asthenia
- 11.Always
- 12.Easy Target
- 13.All of This
- 16.Not Now
